As I drove for 7-8 hours on the NYS Thruway over the past few days, I thought about how the State really keeps those roads in great condition. Then, I just read this news from CBS News Channel 6, in Albany:
"ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- It's getting more expensive to drive on the New York State Thruway.
Tolls on the 641-mile highway system go up 5 percent Sunday as the last in a series of price increases is phased in.
Since 2004, cash tolls for passenger cars on the Thruway have gone up five times. The biggest hike came in 2005, when tolls went up 25 percent.
The repeated hikes have frustrated some business owners.
Michael Chellis of Terpening Trucking in Syracuse says the company's 39 vehicles already rack up about $5,000 a month in Thruway tolls.
Thruway officials say the hikes are needed to pay for $2.7 billion in road improvements."
I also spent at least an hour each on Routes 684, 84, and 28, and I have to say "you get what you pay for." With the wet snow dumping at a rapid rate, the Thruway was consistently cleared, and the other routes were not.
