(Image courtesy: Oklahoma Turnpike Authority)
OKLAHOMA (KSNF/KODE) — Two extra Oklahoma toll roads, each within the Northeast a part of the state, have transformed to totally cashless tolling.
The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) transformed SH-364/Creek Turnpike to PlatePay
(cashless tolling). Drivers can now journey fully cashless alongside the Creek Turnpike between I-44/Turner Turnpike and US-412, within the Tulsa metro space.
The OTA additionally transformed US-412/Cherokee Turnpike. This means drivers may also journey cashless between US-69 close to Chouteau and the Oklahoma-Arkansas state line.
In the approaching weeks, drivers can anticipate intermittent lane closures at each turnpikes, as crews work to take away previous indicators and tolling tools.
The OTA stated PlatePay helps create a free-flow of site visitors and eliminates sudden pace adjustments when motorists maneuver lanes and cease at a toll sales space. PlatePay cameras {photograph} a automobile’s license plate, enabling the Authority to ship the automobile’s registered proprietor an bill.
Drivers with out a Pikepass will obtain a invoice within the mail, whereas Pikepass prospects will proceed to get pleasure from seamless journey at a lot decrease toll charges, in accordance to the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority.
This marks the seventh and eighth Oklahoma toll roads to supply totally cashless tolling. The Creek and Cherokee Turnpikes be a part of the John Kilpatrick, Kickapoo, H.E. Bailey, Chickasaw, Gilcrease, and Cimarron turnpikes in providing PlatePay. The OTA plans to transition the state’s remaining turnpikes to totally cashless tolling by the top of 2024.
The conversion to PlatePay additionally means drivers shall be ready to use the PlusPass app. The app permits motorists to entry their accounts on the go, and pay tolls through bank card,
PayPal, or pre-pay with money.
The OTA claims drivers utilizing PlusPass will see a financial savings of about 25% in contrast
with PlatePay prospects. PlusPass can be utilized on any Oklahoma turnpike that has been transformed to all-electronic tolling.
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