MAINE, USA — The Maine Turnpike Authority (MTA) is preparing to adjust its tolls.
The York toll will go up from $3 to $4 for passenger car cash rate.
The Maine E-Z Pass rate per mile will increase from 7.7 cents to 8 cents.
Officials are also adjusting thresholds, so discounts on more travel will decrease.
The MTA is adjusting the Class 1 Personal Volume Discount thresholds from a 25% discount to a 20% discount for Maine E-ZPass users making 30 or more trips per month. A 50% discount will go down to a 40% discount for Maine E-ZPass users making 40 or more trips per month. (A Class 1 vehicle is one with 2 axles and a maximum of 4 tires.)
Image tolls (I-tolls) will no longer count towards the Class 1 Personal Volume discount. I-tolls are created when an E-ZPass transponder (device) is not present or read in a valid Maine E-ZPass account.
These adjustments take effect on November 1st.
The Maine Turnpike Authority decided to take these measures to generate about $18 million dollars in additional revenue after the MTA collected $60 million dollars less in revenue due to the decrease in traffic during the pandemic.