The Philadelphia side of the Walt Whitman Bridge spanning the Delaware River between Pennsylvania and New Jersey is seen on the poet's 200th birthday, Friday, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
A scheduled toll increase for the Ben Franklin, Walt Whitman, Commodore Barry, and Betsy Ross Bridges has been postponed until at least 2023.
CAMDEN, N.J. — It will cost motorists the same to cross the Delaware River Port Authority’s bridges between New Jersey and Pennsylvania next year.
The DRPA’s commissioners on Wednesday voted to postpone a scheduled toll increase for the Ben Franklin, Walt Whitman, Commodore Barry, and Betsy Ross Bridges until at least 2023. It marked the eleventh year the agency has held the line on tolls for the Delaware River spans, the DRPA said in a news release.
The current toll schedule, implemented in July 2011, included automatic biennial toll increases based upon increases in the Consumer Price Index for the Philadelphia region, the DRPA said.
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers in the region increased 1% from August to October, the fifth consecutive 2-month increase, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last month.
The region’s CPI rose 5.6% over the last 12 months, the largest over-the year increase since February 1991. the bureau said.
The board also approved a 2022 operating budget of $306.8 million, up 0.53% from 2021. It expects to collect approximately $356.1 million in revenue generated primarily from bridge tolls based upon expectations that the coronavirus pandemic will continue to impact travel between the two states.
Author
Politics
Bob Casey warns about Supreme Court’s attacks on workers and unions
US Sen. Bob Casey is warning Pennsylvania voters that the US Supreme Court is coming for the right to organize. Corporate greed and workers’ rights...
Community pushback gets school board to rescind decision on denying gay actor’s visit
Cumberland Valley School Board offered a public apology and voted to reinstate Maulik Pancholy as a guest speaker a week after the board voted to...
Pennsylvania redesigned its mail-in ballot envelopes amid litigation. Some voters still tripped up
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A form Pennsylvania voters must complete on the outside of mail-in ballot return envelopes has been redesigned, but that did...
Local News
What do you know about Wawa? 7 fun facts about Pennsylvania’s beloved convenience store
Wawa has 60 years of Pennsylvania roots, and today the commonwealth’s largest private company has more than 1,000 locations along the east coast....
Conjoined twins from Berks County die at age 62
Conjoined twins Lori and George Schappell, who pursued separate careers, interests and relationships during lives that defied medical expectations,...
