| The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission has reached a tentative agreement with its collective bargaining unit, ending a seven-day-old work stoppage.
Starting Wednesday, Dec. 1, at 9 a.m. - Normal tolls will be collected on the Pa. Turnpike Extensions in southwestern Pennsylvania, -- namely Turnpike 43, the Mon-Fayette Expressway, Turnpike 60, the Beaver Valley Expressway, and Turnpike 66, the Amos K. Hutchinson Bypass. Regular Tolls will also be collected at the Gateway Toll Plaza at the Ohio border and at the Clarks Summit and Keyser Ave. toll plazas on the Turnpike's Northeastern Extension. The Turnpike Commission had suspended tolls at these locations during the seven-day union walkout, which ended Tuesday evening.
Starting Wednesday, Dec. 1, at 9 p.m. - Tickets will be issued to customers and normal tolls will be collected at all Interchanges along the Pennsylvania Turnpike mainline from the Warrendale Mainline Toll Plaza to the Delaware River Bridge and on the Northeastern Extension to the Wyoming Valley Toll Plaza. An eight-hour grace period, until 5 a.m. Thursday, will be allotted to customers who entered the Turnpike during the period that tickets were not issued. Those customers will be charged the flat fees of $2 for passenger vehicles and $15 for commercial vehicles until 5 a.m. Thursday. Customers exiting the turnpike without a toll ticket after 5 a.m. Thursday, will be charged the lost ticket fare which is the toll from the point of exit to the farthest point of entry
Toll Collectors will accept commercial credit cards beginning Wedenesday, December 1, 2004, at 9:00 p.m.
View Press Releases
December 1, 2004 -
Turnpike, Union Reach Accord Ending Seven-Day Strike.
November 26, 2004 -
Turnpike Officials Report Smooth Operations Despite Strike - Flat fares in effect, No talks scheduled.
November 24, 2004 -
Turnpike Union Workers Implement Statewide Walkout - No tolls will be collected on Pa. Turnpike on Wednesday - A flat toll will be charged beginning 12:01 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day.
November 22, 2004 -
Turnpike Chief Warns Travelers of Possible Strike on Wednesday - Thanksgiving motorists might consider altering Turnpike travel plans.
November 15, 2004 -
TURNPIKE CONTRACT TALKS END ABRUPTLY - Back pay a stumbling block
November 3rd, 2004 Pa. Turnpike and Teamsters Union Will Return to Bargaining Table Next Week - Turnpike chief hopes to resolve differences in new round of talks
October 25, 2004 -
Pa. Turnpike Labor Talks End in Impasse, Union Employees Continue
to Report to Work
October 22, 2004 -
Pa. Turnpike Will Remain Operational In the Event of a Union Work Stoppage
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