![]() ![]() Anyone can open a MacPass account, which allows for online deposits and transaction information. MacPass stickers are currently free but will be $1 each after July 1, 2020. MacPass customers can use toll lanes designated for MacPass by the overhead signs, or any open lane. Drivers should still watch for toll collectors and customers walking across lanes. Though the MacPass is not exclusively for commuter customers, MacPass holders with passenger vehicles can still qualify for the commuter discount toll if they make both a northbound and southbound trip within 36 hours. The toll will be $4 for the first trip but customers will not be charged for the return trip if completed within 36 hours.Ĭurrent MacPass cards can still be used through the end of 2020. MacPass is the only tolling transponder currently in use at the Mackinac Bridge I-Pass, E-ZPass, SunPass, etc., though similar, are not accepted.Ĭustomers who already have a MacPass account can still use their cards through the end of 2020. Current MacPass account holders do not need to open a new account to get a sticker. Passenger vehicle MacPass accounts require an initial deposit of $80 and a $7 one-time set-up fee. More information on the MacPass is available on the MBA website at HHB Release NSURB APPROVES TOLL INCREASE FOR HALIFAX BRIDGES Commercial accounts require a $200 deposit and $7 one-time set-up fee. The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (NSUARB) has approved a toll increase that will allow Halifax Harbour Bridges (HHB) to fund its 10-year capital plan and continue to provide safe, efficient and reliable cross‐harbour transportation for the next decade. The increase, which will take effect Jan. 3, 2022, will see the price for a passenger vehicle using MACPASS increase from $.80 to $1. The cost for a passenger vehicle using cash will go from $1 to $1.25. ![]() Commercial vehicles using cash or MacPass will see an increase of 25 per cent per axel.īus and Access-A-Bus traffic are exempt from the increase. “We have $280 million of work that needs to get done over the next ten years to extend the life of the MacKay Bridge and keep the Macdonald Bridge operating at peak efficiency.” “This is the first increase in a decade,” said HHB CEO and General Manager Steve Snider. ![]() HHB filed for the toll increase earlier this year and was granted a hearing in June. The 10-year plan was presented at the hearing with external engineering consultants verifying the need for the capital and rehabilitation work. The capital projects include steel repair and painting, span bearings and pier rehabilitation, dehumidification of the MacKay Bridge main cable, resurfacing and deck repairs, and fatigue repairs and associated component replacement. The toll increase includes funding to support the exploration of the future of the MacKay Bridge. The MacKay Bridge deck system is approaching the end of its expected service life. A 2020 feasibility study identified the preferred option as a new six-lane replacement bridge with two active transportation lanes. ![]()
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