Travelers on the Mass Turnpike over Easter weekend were greeted with an unwelcome guest: massive traffic jams and delays.Pike officials said the delays were caused by toll workers calling in sick, and a new policy that does not allow other toll workers to work overtime to fill in. The Pike is facing a huge budget deficit and doing everything it can to conserve money.
Pike director Alan LeBovidge said the delays will be just as bad, if not worse, over Memorial Day weekend. He is encouraging drivers to get FastLane transponders, so they do not have to wait in toll lines.
Getting a FastLane transponder is not a bad idea, even if the Pike's methods for encouraging people to get them might be a little shady, as many people have pointed out.
For more info, check out this story in The Herald.
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