"This protects the wallets of our drivers and gets E-Z Pass on line beginning in July," Gov. Lynch said. "This is a balanced and consumer-friendly approach that provides incentives to encourage people to move to E-Z Pass, without punishing our citizens who do not want - or who can't afford - to make the switch overnight."
The proposal approved by Gov. Lynch and the Executive Council will allow tokens, with their 50 percent discount, to remain in use until the first day of fiscal year 2008. The discount rate for E-Z pass will be set at 30 percent for private vehicles and 10 percent for commercial vehicles.
E-Z Pass transponders will be sold for $5 the first year and $30, or full price, after.
The Department of Transportation says it will begin selling transponders within the next few weeks and start bringing the E-Z Pass system on line in July.
