The Mass Pike Authority approved a plan today to raise tolls at the Allston booths and the Ted Williams/Sumner Tunnels.The first hike will go in effect March 29, raising tolls at the Allston booths to $1.50 and in both tunnels to $5.50. The Allston tolls are currently $1.25, and the tunnel tolls are currently $3.50.
A second hike will go into effect on July 1, raising tools at the Allston booths to $2 and in both tunnels to $7.
The raises will not take effect if the state legislature increases the state gas tax before March 29, or the increases will be rolled back if the gas tax is increased after that, board members claimed.
The board said the first increase is necessary to close its $8.1 million budget gap, and the second increase will raise $100 million to pay off debt and make structural upgrades to roads and bridges.
For more info, check out this story from The Globe.
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