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<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTHE AUDITORIUM ON PENN STATE\u2019S FAYETTE CAMPUS. PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION TRAFFIC THE TURNPIKE\u2019S OPEN ROAD TOLLING PROJECT IS MOVING CLOSER TO OUR AREA. FRANK SAYS GANTRIES ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN BREEZEWOOD AND WILLOW HILL INTERCHANGES. THE TURNPIKE STARTED THIS PROJECT ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE STATE AND ANTICIPATE CONSTRUCTION TO HIT OUR AREA THIS SUMMER. THIS WILL ALSO MEAN THE DEMOLITION OF CURRE\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls are going up 3.5% in 2027<\/p>\n
Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission approves toll hike starting in January<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 8:06 PM EDT Jul 8, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\tEditorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\tIt’s going to cost drivers more to use the Pennsylvania Turnpike in 2027.The turnpike commission has approved a 3.5% toll rate increase, effective Jan. 3.This is the 19th straight year that the commission has raised rates, but it’s the lowest increase since 2014.Goodbye, toll booths: Turnpike “open road tolling” is moving into Western PennsylvaniaAccording to a post on the PA Turnpike Blog, “The annual toll increases are driven by Act 44, a law passed in 2007 requiring the Turnpike to help fund transportation initiatives across Pennsylvania. Rather than raising taxes, Act 44 used toll revenue to support state infrastructure.”A toll calculator is available on the turnpike’s website.Looking for more news in your area | Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube ChannelStay connected with breaking news >> Download the WTAE app and sign up for our email newsletters\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n It’s going to cost drivers more to use the Pennsylvania Turnpike in 2027.<\/p>\n The turnpike commission has approved a 3.5% toll rate increase<\/a>, effective Jan. 3.<\/p>\n This is the 19th straight year that the commission has raised rates, but it’s the lowest increase since 2014.<\/p>\n Goodbye, toll booths: Turnpike “open road tolling” is moving into Western Pennsylvania<\/a><\/p>\n According to a post on the PA Turnpike Blog<\/a>, “The annual toll increases are driven by Act 44, a law passed in 2007 requiring the Turnpike to help fund transportation initiatives across Pennsylvania. Rather than raising taxes, Act 44 used toll revenue to support state infrastructure.”<\/p>\n A toll calculator<\/a> is available on the turnpike’s website.<\/p>\n Looking for more news in your area | Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube Channel<\/a><\/p>\n Stay connected with breaking news >> Download the WTAE app<\/a> and sign up for our email newsletters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE AUDITORIUM ON PENN STATE\u2019S FAYETTE CAMPUS. PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION TRAFFIC THE TURNPIKE\u2019S OPEN ROAD TOLLING PROJECT IS MOVING…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[102787,102727,42125,102791,102789,742,28,30,29,4696,39010,102790,36175,38298,82918,19569,102788,102792,36008,5696],"class_list":["post-238892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-toll-rate-increase","tag-19th-straight-year","tag-act","tag-annual-toll-increase","tag-effective-jan","tag-law","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-pennsylvania-turnpike","tag-pennsylvania-turnpike-toll","tag-state-infrastructure","tag-taxis","tag-toll-hike","tag-toll-revenue","tag-tolls","tag-transportation-initiative","tag-turnpike-blog-post","tag-turnpike-commission","tag-website"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}