It’s a question we’ve been trying to answer throughout the COVID-19 pandemic: How much money has the state lost in tolling revenue?
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Two years ago, the state put together its tolling revenue forecast for 2020. Then the pandemic hit. The state kept revising the forecast lower as we got deeper and deeper in the pandemic, and fewer and fewer people were driving.
Since that initial forecast, the state’s toll facilities took in 40% fewer dollars than anticipated. That’s a loss of over $127 million.
By far the worst performer has been the I-405 Express Toll Lanes, which we have chronicled over
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