Traffic on the Maine Turnpike in October and August beat out totals for 2012, despite higher tolls. Compare month-to-month toll traffic numbers from 2010-2013 in the chart below.

Learn more. A hearing Wednesday on a proposal to increase tolls on the Maine Turnpike this fall to compensate for revenue losses tied to the pandemic drew a sparse crowd, both digitally and at the ...

The authority is also raising the Maine E-Z Pass ... 90% of them have hiked tolls since Maine’s last increase in 2012, Mills said. Mills said that the Maine Turnpike continues to have one ...

Jul. 2—AUGUSTA, Maine — Travel on the Maine Turnpike is projected to near 2019 levels over the July 4 weekend, a positive sign as the tourism industry aims for a strong post-pandemic summer.

Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Cash tolls on the Maine Turnpike are likely to become a thing of the past in coming years as highway officials experiment ...

Previous story:New high-speed toll plaza opens on Maine Turnpike in York A day earlier, the Portland Press Herald reported that the Turnpike Authority is looking ahead to cashless tolls.

But the executive director of the Maine Turnpike Authority says tolls from increased traffic will compensate for the added expense. Building a 5-mile toll highway linking the Maine Turnpike to the ...

The Maine Turnpike at dusk. The negotiated deal was ... Sirois called this a conservative estimate — and expects to raise tolls by 15% in 2028, according to the presentation.

Now, that’s only about one week’s worth of turnpike traffic. Tax dollars budgeted to the Maine Turnpike Authority. The turnpike is funded by tolls, two-thirds of which are paid by travelers from out ...