A bill before a legislative committee would test the use of cameras and sensors to identify and automatically ticket speeders in highway construction zones.
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E-ZPass security shutdown delays Maine Turnpike toll charges
The MTA plans to resume posting charges to user accounts this week after the system was taken down for 12 hours last month to avoid a potential security breach.
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Posted inMaine, News
Turnpike says to disregard customer service message at tollbooths
An E-ZPass ‘system interruption’ is causing some drivers to see the message and red or yellow lights as they pass through the tolls.
Posted inMaine, News
Two people dead, one injured in crash that shut down Maine Turnpike in Ogunquit
A tractor trailer traveling northbound lost control, crashed through the median, and struck a car and box truck traveling southbound, Maine State Police say.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
Maine Turnpike Authority garage in Auburn destroyed in fire
The building, vehicles and equipment inside the garage on Hackett Road was a total loss from the Sunday night blaze.
Posted inBusiness, News
Poll shows more residents oppose Gorham Connector
The Maine Turnpike Authority’s $331 million toll highway expansion plan is on hold.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Police round up cattle after cows tumble out of trailer on the Maine Turnpike
Maine State Police said two of the cows were seriously hurt while one of the animals made a bid for freedom by running into the woods near Maine Turnpike exit 79.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Police investigate early morning crash on Maine Turnpike in Auburn
A box truck rolled over a guardrail and then slid down an embankment in the three-vehicle pileup shortly after midnight Friday.
Posted inBusiness, Maine, News
Homeowners in Gorham Connector’s path brace for impact
More than 20 years after the Maine Turnpike Authority began the conversation about building the 5-mile, 4-lane toll highway, homeowners who would be displaced by the project still find their lives hang in the balance.
Posted inMaine, Maine Crime, News
Truck driver to spend 5 years in prison for crash that killed Falmouth couple
Prosecutors say truck driver David Herring was distracted when he failed to stop for slow traffic on the Maine Turnpike and hit the car in front of him, killing the driver and passenger.