Letter to the editor: Hostage to turnpike rate hike

If you drive the Pennsylvania Turnpike, then you are being held hostage with the new rate increases.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission says rates are going up 6%. Think again! The rates were conveniently adjusted so the tolls will be rounded up to the nearest dime after the 6% hike is factored in. This is a 7.1% increase for customers whose payments are electronically debited from their E-ZPass accounts, and for cash-paying customers, it is an 8.7% increase.

In addition to that, now we’ve been told that the increases won’t end until 2044. Can you say Johnstown flood tax?

And don’t forget the commission has raised prices to help cover state-mandated payments to that corrupt organization called PennDOT.

Steven “Hoppy” Ignatz

West Mifflin