The NTTA’s planned conversion to all-electronic toll collection (all-ETC) is making progress, and the authority is developing a new video to educate customers and stakeholders about the transition.

 

The video will be unveiled in early 2009, several months before the first all-ETC conversion along the President George Bush Turnpike. The video outlines the benefits of all-ETC, the construction process and the changes facing some NTTA customers. The all-ETC conversion is expected to improve safety and traffic flow for NTTA customers, and will result in cost savings for the authority. The NTTA Board of Directors approved the $92.6 million conversion to all-ETC in August 2007.

 

The video soon will be available on the NTTA Web site, www.ntta.org.

 

In addition, advance work on the all-ETC conversion started in early December with the installation of the first new pieces of equipment on the Bush Turnpike. This initial phase will result in only minor, off-peak lane closures. Current schedules call for the Bush Turnpike to switch to all-ETC in the third quarter of 2009. Plans allow for the use of existing ramp and main lane toll plaza structures, limiting construction-related disruptions to NTTA customers. Most work on the Bush Turnpike should be complete by early 2010.