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Turnpike, parkway toll hikes, $24B construction plan get OK

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Cash and E-Z Pass signs at the New Jersey Turnpike. (Photo by: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) TRENTON - The New Jersey Turnpike Authority voted Wednesday to increase tolls on two of the state’s major highways and approve a $24 billion construction plan that the hike will fund.

The board’s 7-0 vote came despite pleas from many people to delay it. They said the agency should not have gone ahead with the hearing process while residents are dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.

The construction plan includes $16 billion to widen sections of the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway, permanently implement cashless toll payment and replace a bridge between New Jersey and Pennsylvania. RELATED: Tolls on 4

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