Credit: PA Internet News Service
There is now one more option to pay for your toll on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
BillyPenn.com reported Wednesday evening that the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is now accepting credit card payments at toll booths. The new option began in September is now available across the state Turnpike system.
“Turnpike officials still prefer drivers use cash and E-ZPass. But drivers who are out of cash now have the ability to pay without filling out time-consuming promissory notes dubbed certificates of passage, which holds them accountable for payment at a later date,” a PennLive.com article stated.
The credit card system was suggested in a recent state audit of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, but a system spokesman told BillyPenn.com the recommendation was not connected to the implementation of the system.
The credit card payment option comes as a portion of the Turnpike in Bucks County has phased out toll booths in favor of an automatic system. Across the state, the majority of Turnpike system uses the E-ZPass system.
Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said in summer that the Turnpike writes off $12 million to $20 million per year in toll violations. He also noted the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission “potentially unstable financial ground.”
