No More Free Rides for DRPA Employees
Thursday, Aug 5, 2010 | Updated 12:46 PM EDT
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Out-of-state senior citizens won't get the same discount as New Jersey seniors when New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway tolls increase, unless they get a New Jersey-issued E-ZPass transponder.
Free train rides and bridge passages are over for Delaware River Port Authority employees.
And 11 managers are losing their car allowances.
The CEO of the bi-state agency ended the perks on Wednesday amid an outcry from the governors of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
CEO John Matheussen said the reforms could be implemented without a vote from the agency's board. Other planned changes are subject to a vote.
The DRPA runs four toll bridges connecting New Jersey and Pennsylvania in the Philadelphia area.
The agency has come under scrutiny after it was revealed that the daughter of its security director was using a colleague's free bridge pass.
The official, Michael Joyce, has since resigned.
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