Noah PranskyJanuary 25, 2019
4min698
Those 417,000 invoices don’t even represent all of the drivers who are due to get backlogged bills.
Tag: SunPass
Noah PranskyJanuary 25, 2019
Scott PowersJuly 30, 2018
6min225
In explaining why he’s seeking a federal inquiry into Florida’s problems with its SunPass contractor, Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson brought up last March’s bridge collapse in Miami, charging the Florida Department of Transportation has shown a “pattern of activity” that suggests it does not hold itself or contractors accountable. At his U.S. Senate office in Orlando, […]
Scott PowersNovember 9, 2017
5min650
The Central Florida Expressway Authority has approved a deal with a consortium of northern toll agencies that will allow their customers to drive Central Florida toll roads, paying tolls with their hometown transponders. The deal, approved Thursday by the CFX Board of Trustees, is with the E-ZPass group representing 37 toll-road and toll-bridge agencies in 16 […]
Scott PowersApril 14, 2016
6min683
The 14-year we-are-family relationship between the Orlando and state toll road agencies appears to be ending, as a frustrated Central Florida Expressway Authority set out Thursday to compete more with Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise. The expressway authority’s board of directors Thursday authorized a plan that would seek to convince drivers to sign up for and use the local E-PASS […]
Jim RosicaJanuary 19, 2016
5min729
Weatherford Partners, the venture capital group created by former Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford and his two brothers, on Tuesday announced their first public deal, contributing to a $4.5 million funding round for a Missouri company. Weatherford’s firm invested in the Kansas City-based PayIt, which produces mobile apps for governments so people can pay for […]
Associated PressJune 29, 2015
1min206
It will soon cost a little more to travel on Florida’s Turnpike and other state-operated toll roads. The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports the rates for SunPass users and the Toll by Plate system will rise by 1.6 percent starting July 1. The affected roads include the Turnpike, Alligator Alley, the Sawgrass Expressway in South […]