![]() ![]() The old MnPASS switchable and sticker tags will continue to work here in Minnesota. ![]() Our new switchable E-ZPass tag allows you to travel outside of Minnesota on any participating E-ZPass facility and pay tolls from your Minnesota account. To learn more, visit the I-35W in Bloomington project webpage where you can sign up for project email updates.įor real-time traffic and travel information, visit or get the free smartphone app at Google Play or the Apple app Store. E-ZPass lanes should remain open, but construction will impact traffic in the area. Construction includes lane width restrictions, shoulder and ramp closures, and weekend full closures. Four intersections will receive improved ramps, sidewalks, and signals. ![]() I-35W will be resurfaced in 2023 with additional lanes added between 98th St. To learn more, visit the I-494 Edina to Richfield project webpage where you can sign up for project email updates. MnDOT is actively seeking funding for subsequent phases of the project which extend the E-ZPass lanes to Hwy 77 near the airport. The E-ZPass lanes between Hwy 100 and I-35W are anticipated to open in fall 2026. ![]() This multi-phase project brings other safety improvements along this busy Twin Cities interstate including a new ramp at the I-35W and I-494 interchange, new bridges at Portland Ave., Nicollet Ave., and 12th Ave., and the addition of a new pedestrian bridge at Chicago Ave. A four-year construction project on I-494 in Edina, Bloomington and Richfield includes adding new E-ZPass lanes between Hwy 100 and I-35W. Work has begun on the next Minnesota E-ZPass lanes. Illinoisans frustrated at being nickeled and dimed at every turn will want to remember their I-PASS transponders or avoid the tollway altogether.Ĭlick here for information regarding unpaid tolls and violations.E-ZPass news and updates I-494 Edina to Richfield project “I-PASS users will have multiple options to obtain additional transponders through their existing I-PASS account, which will allow them to obtain new transponders with only a refundable $10 deposit per transponder,” Rozek said, according to the Daily Herald. Illinois Tollway spokesman Dan Rozek estimates about 40 percent of I-PASS users have fewer transponders than registered vehicles. Tollway officials also claim the reform will yield administrative savings, as the current system is time-consuming for employees. It is estimated the move will increase the tollway’s revenue by $15 million, according to the Daily Herald. After five tolls on an I-PASS user’s vehicle without a transponder in one month, the discounted rates will be temporarily suspended, and that I-PASS holder will have to pay cash rates for tolls – twice the price of the I-PASS rates – for the rest of the month. 1 and will hit frequent tollway users the hardest. Residents with multiple cars but only one transponder should beware. But that bit of leniency is effectively gone, thanks to the Illinois Tollway’s new policy, according to television station KWQC. Previously, the Illinois Tollway would charge the discounted toll rate to drivers who had an I-PASS account but didn’t have a transponder in their car when tolled. Illinois motorists using I-PASS will see their tolls double if they don’t have their transponders in their vehicles. The Illinois Tollway is cracking down on I-PASS users who don’t have their transponders in their vehicles. Forget your I-PASS? Prepare to see tolls double ![]()
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