Drivers Brace For Higher Tolls On NJ Turnpike, Garden State Parkway
MONTVALE, NJ (WCBS 880) - When 2012 rolls around, the wallets of drivers on the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway will take a hit.
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Signs are already in place reminding motorists that beginning Jan. 1, tolls will increase 50 percent on the Parkway and 53 percent on the Turnpike.
LINK: NJ Turnpike Authority Toll Hike Fact Sheet (PDF)
"The tolls go up and I got to take the roads. So, there's not much I can do. I don't have an alternate route," Bill Altneu, of Montvale, told WCBS 880 reporter Paul Murnane.
Given a choice between higher tolls, and a higher gas tax, Larry Nardasha takes the toll.
"If need be, the additional money I'll save on the gas tax I can maybe find an alternate route where I don't have to go on the Parkway that costs me the tolls."
The hike is the second part of a two-phase toll increase approved in 2008 by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority and then Gov. Jon Corzine.
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