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Substantial Progress Made as Authority Transitions to All-Electronic Toll Collection Project designs are being finalized and equipment has been purchased for the planned conversion of the NTTA System to all-electronic toll collection (all-ETC) that starts next year.
Crews are scheduled to begin installing ETC equipment on the President George Bush Turnpike in the first quarter of 2009. Current schedules call for the Bush Turnpike to switch to all-ETC in the second quarter of 2009. Plans call for the use of existing ramp and main lane toll plaza structures, limiting construction-related disruptions to NTTA customers.
The Dallas North Tollway (DNT) will follow a different schedule, with equipment installation beginning in the second quarter of 2009 and the switch to all-ETC occurring in the first quarter of 2010. Details are being finalized on the installation of new ETC equipment gantries and the removal of existing DNT ramp and main lane plazas.
The NTTA’s Board of Directors approved the $92.6 million conversion to all-ETC in August 2007. The project is expected to not only improve safety and traffic flow for NTTA customers but also result in a cost savings for the Authority.
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