![]() ![]() Take the exit for IN-49 South (exit 31) towards Valparaiso. ![]() You will then cross over a bridge into Indiana and pay the toll. Take I-90 East towards Indiana (Chicago Skyway / Indiana Toll Road*) There is a toll at the Chicago Skyway. Visit Marshall County will give you a list of the different types of accommodations available in the area. i-Zoom transponders will be available beginning on Friday, Pierce added.If you are planning on visiting and are unsure of where you are going to stay during your visit, we recommend the Visit Marshall County page. Drivers with either transponders or cash will pay the same rate, about 3.2 cents per mile, Pierce said, until the electronic tolling is fully implemented and cash tolls increase, according to the paper. “We are pleased Indiana has reconsidered their position and decided to offer our I-PASS users the same level of customer service with no strings attached.”Īccording to Matt Pierce, a spokesman for ITR Concession Co., the private firm with a 75-year lease to operate the Indiana Toll Road, electronic tolling in Indiana should be available starting June 25, the Tribune reported, although it won’t be fully implemented along all of the road’s 157 miles until November. “Over the past few months we have stood by our belief that it makes no sense to force stateline drivers to purchase two different transponders in order to benefit from the convenience of electronic toll collection and a discounted toll rate for interstate travel,” McPartlin said. The group provides reciprocity so travelers won’t have to struggle with managing multiple transponders and accounts when traveling on toll roads and bridges in different states. Illinois tollway officials also charged that Indiana’s position violated the principles of the E-ZPass Interagency Group, a multistate consortium of toll authorities, the Tribune said. Tollway officials rejected the compromise, and said that I-PASS users should not have to “jump through hoops,” according to the paper. Indiana officials proposed a compromise last month offering Illinois I-PASS users the discount if they signed up on a website, the Tribune reported. If such a threat had been carried out, the tollway estimated that loss of the discount would have cost Indiana drivers about $9 million a year, the paper said. Calling this unfair, since Indiana drivers with I-PASS transponders receive the same 50% discount as Illinois drivers, tollway officials threatened to end the discount for the approximately 90,000 Indiana motorists with I-PASS accounts if Indiana didn’t reciprocate, the paper reported. Illinois State Toll Highway Authority officials balked when they learned in April that only Indiana residents would receive the 40% electronic tolling discount on the Indiana Toll Road when i-Zoom, Indiana’s electronic tolling system, takes effect this fall, according to the Tribune. “Soon Indiana residents with iZoom will enjoy the same great benefits that I-PASS has delivered to Illinois- reduced tolls and more time to spend with family or friends instead of sitting in traffic.” “The Illinois Tollway has never drawn a line between its residents and drivers who live in Indiana and travel in Illinois for daily commutes or leisure trips,” Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich said. The Indiana Toll Road Oversight Board agreed with Daniels on Thursday, ending the conflict and offering a discount “in the spirit of cooperation, fairness and interoperability,” according to the Tribune. "It is right and fair that we reciprocate with a gesture of friendliness and neighborliness." "Thousands of northwest Indiana residents benefit from electronic toll discounts on Illinois toll roads," Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels said in a statement. to make the discount available to passenger vehicle drivers, regardless of type of transponder or state of residency. Members of the Indiana Toll Road Oversight Board voted to rescind a plan to limit electronic toll collection discounts to Indiana iZoom users, and directed Indiana Toll Road Operator ITR Concessions Co. The “transponder war” between Illinois and Indiana has come to a peaceful resolution, with both states agreeing to reciprocate toll discounts, the Chicago Tribune reported today. ![]()
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