- Delaware Senate Approves Amnesty Program For Toll Scofflaws
- Locals Get An Update On VDOT Mega Projects Related To FredEx Extension
- Most Leading Candidates For NYC Mayor Support Congestion Pricing
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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Delaware Senate Approves Amnesty Program For Toll Scofflaws
WDEL reports, drivers with unpaid Delaware tolls and violation fees “might be getting a chance to pay them off at a reduced rate” under legislation passed by the state senate. An amnesty program proposed by lawmakers aims to reduce a balance of $143.4 million owed the state by toll scofflaws.
Senate Joint Resolution 5 received unanimous senate approval yesterday. The measure’s synopsis states that it would create “a one-time, Toll Violation Amnesty Program . . . to provide a 3 month long opportunity for people to satisfy toll debt that is in collection from toll violations that occurred on I-95 and SR 1 [between January 2014 and April 2020]. The Amnesty Program will collect funds that the State would probably otherwise never receive.” To comply with the program, “a person must pay the full amount of the tolls owed and an amnesty fee. The amnesty fee reduces the amount due from fees and penalties and is established under this Senate Joint Resolution in amounts based upon the number of toll violations included in the toll debt.”
Delaware Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) ScofflawsLocals Get An Update On VDOT Mega Projects Related To FredEx Extension
Potomac Local News reports, Virginia DOT Mega Projects engineer Robert Ridgell told local officials two major projects connected with the FredEx (I-95 express lanes) extension are progressing well. The I-95 Southbound Rappahannock River Crossing project will be finished by December, five months ahead of its scheduled completion date. The I-95 Northbound Rappahannock River Crossing, launched last October, is on schedule to meet its May 2024 completion deadline.
95/395/495 Express Lanes (Metro Washington DC) P3 & Privatization Transurban Virginia Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Washington (DC) Metro RegionMost Leading Candidates For NYC Mayor Support Congestion Pricing
The New York Times (scroll down to “Andrew Yang stood alone . . .”) reports, during a debate last night, four of the five leading Democratic candidates for New York City mayor said the city should move forward with a congestion pricing program to relieve traffic congestion. Andrew Yang was the lone dissenter. “Mr. Yang said he was willing to push back the start date for the tolling plan because he was worried about the city’s recovery and empty offices in Midtown.”
Congestion Pricing Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) New York New York CityThese are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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