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Trucking companies urge Hochul to curb incoming Thruway surcharge
Trucking groups warn the 1% fee could increase costs for carriers and consumers amid $276 million in unpaid tolls and collection issues, challenging the administrative surcharge.
- In a Dec. 1 letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul, hundreds of trucking companies urged her to delay the new 1% administrative surcharge on the New York State Thruway, warning it will raise carrier costs and asking for a pause before its January start.
- The New York State Thruway Authority defended that the 1% fee covers administrative costs and data access, not a toll increase, according to Thruway Authority Executive Director Frank Hoare.
- Private toll vendors could respond by passing the fee onto carriers, as Ken Johnson, executive chairman of Leonard's Express, expects BestPass to increase customer costs; Thruway Authority Executive Director Frank Hoare said costs depend on private companies managing toll accounts across the E‑ZPass commercial toll network.
- Business groups warn the 1% surcharge would act as a backdoor toll increase, raising costs for consumers who buy goods and services and affecting commercial carriers and small businesses.
- With the January implementation date approaching, the coalition said the Thruway Authority bypassed the public toll‑adjustment process after State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli flagged $276 million in unpaid tolls, requesting a pause and meetings with affected businesses.
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New Thruway fees in January won't target truckers, state says
Hundreds of businesses have asked Governor Kathy Hochul to stop a new 1% surcharge on tolls paid through third-party billing services, which they claim is a hidden tax that will raise prices on goods transported by truck.
·Albany, United States
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