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“Commuters cannot afford to pay higher tolls at a time when prices are increasing for consumer goods across the board. State Senator Christopher Connors and Assembly Members Brian Rumpf and DiAnne Gove made the following joint statement:

Some lawmakers have blasted the toll increases. The budget calls for no major hiring beyond its 2,128 employees. The agency's budget cites a 7.9 percent increase in operating expenses driven by increases in State Police salaries and pensions, jumps in premiums related to cyber insurance and E-ZPass cost escalations that coincide with a 5 percent bump in traffic. In the projection comes to fruition, the hiked tolls would increase revenue 7.6 percent next year.

The new toll increases are part of 2022's budget, which projects that traffic will return to 97 percent of its pre-pandemic levels.

When the plan was approved in May 2020, the Turnpike Authority's revenue dropped 60 percent, with many staying at home during New Jersey's initial coronavirus breakout.

Tolls from altamont, ny to atlantic city international airport on garden state parkway