Toll authority cracking down on deadbeats in Ga. 400 cash lanes
Starting July 1, it won't pay to be a deadbeat. At least, not at the Ga. 400 toll booth, where about 900 drivers a week arrive with empty pockets and drive away with just a ticket warning them to pay back those two quarters, according to the State Road and Tollway Authority.
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So as of July 1 the authority is cracking down. Instead of getting an IOU in the cash lanes, drivers who don't pay will be hit with a $25 "violation fee." In a statement, authority director Gena Evans called overdue tolls and fees “money due the state.” Money for what, though, is anybody's guess. Punishing scofflaws might be fairer to the people who do pay, but it's not needed to pay off the road's construction. As reported in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the authority long ago set aside enough money to retire Ga. 400's entire debt, and then some. That's not the point, said SRTA spokeswoman Malika Wilkins. "It's a matter of, we're following the law," she said. There is no way to turn around or exit the road at the toll booth if drivers find they have arrived without the toll money. But there are signs before exits that warn the toll is coming up. SRTA released a statement saying that the agency already had the right to enforce the fee in the cash lanes but had not done so. |
Source: Toll authority cracking down on deadbeats in Ga. 400 cash lanes
