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[Travel] NY Thruway E-Z Pass
I live in Mass and I have had a Maine Turnpike E-Z Pass for many years but I rarely go to Maine anymore since grandma died. I’ve decided to go with the NY Thruway Authority for E-Z pass since I’ll be traveling more west than east (friend who lives in Albany and my hometown in Iowa) than Maine in the future. How is New York’s E-Z pass for customer service and billing.
2020-Dec-28 2:51 pm
EZ Pass is very good at quickly threatening to cancel your account and charge penalties for crossing their facilities with low or delinquent balance.
Will dispute over Cuomo Bridge construction up the cost of the bridge?
Questions remain if the litigation costs and the bill TZC says it is owed will ultimately help drive up the tolls over the Gov. Mario Cuomo Bridge.
Rockland/Westchester Journal News
A White Plains limousine driver, whose car was nearly struck by a falling crane in 2016, settled his lawsuit with Tappan Zee Constructors for $1.2 million.
Tappan Zee Constructuing is suing an engineering firm for a mishap that marred a celebration of the opening of the eastbound span of the bridge.
Tappan Zee Constructors says the state Thruway Authority owes it $960 million.
But a spokesperson for the State Thruway Authority vigorously defended the bridge to
Capital Tonight, saying that extensive testing was done. Extensive studies. Extensive analysis. The traveling public needs to have confidence in this span.
That may be, but according to Sen. Griffo, better safe than sorry. He told
Capital Tonight that he wants an independent investigation and has a few ideas about who could spearhead it. There are a number of qualified engineering firms in the state of New York that could try to put this concern at rest, he said. And, or utilizing the universities that have expertise in engineering. And we have some prominent universities here in New York.
The state inspector general also investigated the allegations.
In a statement issued Monday, Inspector General Letizia Tagliafierro said investigators reviewed thousands of documents and listened to “audio of conversations between individuals who were involved in trying to conceal the replacement of bolts.”
The inspector general shared its findings with the attorney general’s office but said it was legally prohibited from disclosing details of its probe.
Times Union editor Casey Seiler defended the news outlet s reporting and said the Thruway Authority and others were given an opportunity to respond before the story was published.
“The Times Union stands by its reporting, which the Thruway Authority is mischaracterizing: At no point does our story suggest the Thruway Authority was involved in the alleged cover-up by employees of Tappan Zee Constructors, Seiler said.