Motorcyclist fights toll lane bill, shouldnât be billed at all
Motorcyclist fights toll lane bill By Dee Dee Gatton | April 15, 2021 at 12:37 PM EDT - Updated April 15 at 6:49 PM
CORNELIUS, N.C. (WBTV) - Weâre on your side â continuing to investigate more billing complaints on the I-77 toll lanes.
This time, a motorcyclist called WBTV for help after he kept getting charged â even though motorcycles are supposed to be able to ride for free.
Bill Hood started using the express lanes under the impression he wouldnât get charged.
More than a year later, heâs fighting bills he shouldnât have gotten and wondering how many other motorcyclists are in the same battle.
North Carolina Turnpikeâs Complete 540 project will bring the Triangle Expressway full circle
This feature published as Going Full Circle in April 2021 issue
Brian W. Budzynski / April 01, 2021 / 6 minute read
North Carolina Turnpike Authorityâs existing Triangle Expressway can be seen at the top of the photo. The Complete 540 project, which will extend the toll road 28.8 miles to the south and turn east to complete the loop around Raleigh, broke ground in November 2019. Photo Credit: North Carolina DOT Aviation Unit
In December 2012, the North Carolina Turnpike Authority (NCTA) opened the six-lane, 18.8-mile Triangle Expressway.
The stateâs first modern, all-electronic toll road, it immediately improved travel times in the region of Research Triangle Park and the outlying suburbs of Raleigh. It was also the largest transportation infrastructure project in North Carolina history at $1 billionâuntil now.
The state’s transportation investment is estimated at $50 billion over the next decade and the commission’s recommendation is to increase total investment by at least $20 billion more in the next 10 years.
State departments of transportation across the country currently find themselves at a cross-roads where traditional sources of infrastructure funding may not generate sufficient.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Transurban, global toll road operator and developer, announced today the expansion of its mobile tolling app GoToll from Virginia to North Carolina, Florida and Georgia through a partnership with the North Carolina Turnpike Authority (NCTA).
GoToll, launched by Transurban in 2020, is an app that puts choice and convenience in drivers hands and allows them to pay tolls from the convenience of their smartphone. With GoToll, drivers pay as they go and can easily keep track of toll road trips with just their phone – easy and quick set-up, no pre-loading money into an account and no commitment.