Article: Turnpike planning to replace `temporary' York toll plaza ; Tollbooths opened in 1970 will give way to a modern plaza within five years.

KEVIN WACK Staff Writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
12-22-2005
Turnpike planning to replace `temporary' York toll plaza ; Tollbooths opened in 1970 will give way to a modern plaza within five years.
Byline: KEVIN WACK Staff Writer
Edition: Final
Section: FRONT
Memo: YORK TOLL PLAZA Opened: 1970. Total traffic volume in the last 12 months: 16.6 million vehicles. Busiest day in 2005: Friday, Aug. 12, 82,638 vehicles. Maximum northbound traffic capacity in a single hour: 4,100 vehicles. Estimated replacement cost: $32 million. Source: Maine Turnpike Authority READER SURVEY HOW DO YOU FEEL about the York toll plaza replacement plan, especially the idea of pushing drivers who pay with cash to ...

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