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Drivers who cross any of the eight Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission’s spans between New Jersey and Pennsylvania face two proposed toll increases this year and in 2024, authorities said.
The need to hike state bridge tolls is being blamed on lost revenue during the coronavirus pandemic.
The proposed increase, announced Monday, would be implemented on April 3, if approved by the board of commissioners at a March 29 meeting. The proposed hike comes just a month after the bridge commission approved a 2021 budget that state officials boasted had no toll hike.
The 2021 proposed increase would affect the seven Commission toll bridges that accept E-Z Pass and cash toll payments The Trenton-Morrisville (Route 1), New Hope-Lambertville (Route 202), I-78, Easton-Phillipsburg (Route 22), Portland-Columbia (Routes 611, 46, and 94), Delaware Water Gap (I-80), and Milford-Montague (Route 206) bridges, officials said.
CAMDEN, N.J. – South Jersey commuters who work in Pennsylvania will likely soon pay more for the privelege.
The proposed increases announced this week – scheduled for 2021 and 2024, would take effect April 3rd if the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission approves the plan at an upcoming March 29th meeting.
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E-ZPass users driving cars, SUVs, and lighter trucks would pay $1.25 instead of $1.00. Cash payers would need to shell out $3 instead of $2.00. The primarily impacted bridges are the Trenton-Morrisville bridge, the New Hope-Lambertville bridge, the I-78 bridge, the Easton-Phillipsburg bridge, the Portland-Columbia bridge, the Delaware Water Gap bridge, and the Milford-Montague bridge.
Jersey Shore braces for flooding from powerful nor’easter storm. Beach erosion a concern.
Updated Feb 01, 2021;
While most attention is focused on snow totals that could hit 24 inches as a powerful nor’easter pounds New Jersey, flooding concerns are the primary worry along the Jersey Shore.
The National Weather Service is warning of the potential for “moderate flooding” during three high tides from Monday morning through mid-day Tuesday along the Atlantic coastline and lower Delaware Bay.
Several shore communities reported road closings Monday morning as high tide arrived.
The entire Jersey Shore remains under a coastal flood warning, while Cumberland County’s Delaware Bayshore is under a coastal flood advisory. Isolated spots of major flooding are possible, the NWS warned.
ATLANTIC CITY - Myron Lively strolled past the shuttered Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino reliving a bit of his past.
In the early days of the city s casino industry, Lively was a waiter and his fiancée was a blackjack dealer at the Plaza.
Today, she s a city school teacher and he is barber at a shop just a short jaunt down the Boardwalk from the former Trump Plaza, which closed in 2014.
On Feb. 17, the tallest Plaza tower will become a memory, too. The planned implosion of the once-iconic tower at the center of the Boardwalk will mark the end of the Trump era in this shore town.
Double toll increase on table for Delaware River bridges in 2021 and 2024
Updated Feb 05, 2021;
Drivers who use eight Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission’s spans between New Jersey and Pennsylvania face two proposed toll increases in 2021 and 2024, blamed on revenue decreases caused by coronavirus traffic downturns.
The proposed increase, announced Monday, would be implemented on April 3, if approved by the board of commissioners at a March 29 meeting.
The 2021 proposed increase would affect the seven Commission toll bridges that accept E-ZPass and cash toll payment- the Trenton-Morrisville (Route 1), New Hope-Lambertville (Route 202), I-78, Easton-Phillipsburg (Route 22), Portland-Columbia (Routes 611, 46, and 94), Delaware Water Gap (I-80), and Milford-Montague (Route 206) bridges.