Toll increases play a role in cost of goods
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission will implement a 5% toll increase starting at 12:01 a.m. Sunday, which has the potential to effect not just people who use the turnpike but the consumers of products carried on the road.
“I believe one of my drivers went from end to end on 76 and it cost the company $530,” local truck driver Logan Reynolds said Wednesday. “That’s across the United States with an E-ZPass. For companies in general, that adds up. It adds up for the consumers as well because that cost is brought back to them.”
Reynolds, who did not want to have his company’s name disclosed, explained that this also could play into how much money he takes home at the end of the day.
“It affects my company, and it affects how much they are able to pay me out. My company, we don’t usually take the toll because it’s so expensive as is already.”
