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Old Posted Nov 19, 2009, 8:06 PM
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Updated 11:09 AM
Port Authority To Reportedly Eliminate Cash Tolls



The Port Authority is reportedly working on a plan to eliminate cash tolls entirely.

The Daily News reports the agency would photograph the license plate of drivers without E-ZPass and send a bill to their homes.

Port Authority Commissioner Sidney Holmes told the Daily News the plan would speed up traffic, and that the cameras would help get toll beaters to pay up.

However, the New York Civil Liberties Union says photographing license plates would be a privacy nightmare.

It is unclear if the issue will be put up for a vote at today's Port Authority board meeting.

The cash tolls would be eliminated on the George Washington, Bayonne and Goethals Bridges, the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels and the Outerbridge Crossing.

No time frame has been established for installing the system.

Today's board meeting will also discuss development at the World Trade Center site.



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