New York State To Hold Public Hearings On Toll Increases
New York State wants to know what you think.
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The New York State Thruway Authority is interested in getting public feedback on the proposed toll increase they are set to put into effect in 2024.
They had set up 5 different public meetings across the state. Four of them will be in person and one will be a virtual hearing.
The four in-person hearings are set to be held on May 8 in Cheektowaga, May 9 in Onondaga County; May 16 in Rockland County; and May 22 in Albany County.
The virtual hearing, which would be the last of the series is set to be held on June 5.
Here are the locations and times for the public hearings.
- Monday, May 8, 2023
4 p.m. – 7 p.m.
NYS Thruway Authority Buffalo Division Headquarters
455 Cayuga Road, Suite 800
Cheektowaga, NY 14225
- Tuesday, May 9, 2023
4 p.m. – 7 p.m.
NYS Fairgrounds (Bistro Room)
581 State Fair Blvd
Syracuse, NY 13209
- Tuesday, May 16, 2023
4 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Palisades Center (Adler Community Room)
1000 Palisades Center Drive
West Nyack, NY 10994
- Monday, May 22, 2023
5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Glenmont Elementary School
328 Route 9W
Glenmont, NY 12077
- Monday, June 5, 2023
4 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Virtual Public Hearing
If you wish to speak at the meeting, you will have to sign up and according to the Thruway Authority's website, you will have 5 minutes to speak.
Individuals attending the public hearings will be required to sign in to offer remarks. Speakers will be called up in the order that they signed up and written comments will be accepted at the meetings as well. Speakers will have five minutes each to offer their remarks related to tolls and the current proposed toll adjustment. Remarks should be directed to panel members, not the audience and specifically relate to this topic.
Last December the Thruway Authority's board of directors voted to begin the process of raising tolls along New York's highways. Next year, tolls for New York E-ZPass users would increase by 5%, followed by another 5% hike in 2027, for a total of a 10% increase over the three years.
This would be the first increase in tolls since 2010.
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