- Drop in El Paso Bridges Toll Revenue Coincides with Border Troubles
- A Progress Update on VDOT's I-66 Express Project
- NY State and Seneca Nation at a Standoff over Thruway Repair
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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Drop in El Paso Bridges Toll Revenue Coincides with Border Troubles
KTSM reports, “The City of El Paso [Texas] estimates it’ll lose $1.3 million in toll revenue at its international bridges this year and city leaders don’t expect to recoup those loses any time soon. The decrease in collections coincides with the reassignment of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers to migrant processing duties this year, according to an Aug. 5 report from the city’s International Bridges Department. The move resulted in staffing shortages at inspection booths on the toll bridges owned by the city. The number of crossings dropped over time and some truckers opted for using commercial ports of entry in Laredo, Texas and Nogales, Arizona, states the report presented to the El Paso City Council earlier this month.”
Company and Agency Financial Issues And Reports El Paso (TX) International Bridges Department Mexico TexasA Progress Update on VDOT's I-66 Express Project
WTOP, in a progress update on I-66 express lanes construction outside the beltway, notes that a bridge over the interstate “will close for nearly a year . . . and a ramp to the interstate will close permanently, complicating traffic near the Vienna Metro in Virginia.” The article adds that VDOT has made a commitment to reopen the Vaden Bridge to traffic before Metro’s scheduled maintenance shutdown of the Orange Line between July and September next year.
Express Lanes I-66 Express Mobility Partners Virginia Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Washington (DC) Metro Area Transit Authority Washington (DC) Metro RegionNY State and Seneca Nation at a Standoff over Thruway Repair
The Buffalo News reports, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo told reporters yesterday “the state won’t repair the decrepit stretch of the Thruway in Chautauqua County because it might give the Seneca Nation of Indians an excuse not to pay the $255 million in casino revenue it owes the state and local governments. ‘I don’t want to give them a reason to say New York breached the agreement by coming onto I-90 when they had no right to come onto I-90. That could actually jeopardize our position on the revenues,’ Cuomo said. . . .”
Highway-Tunnel-Bridge Safety (Includes COVID-19 Impacts) New York New York State Thruway AuthorityThese are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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