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AS CARAY GRACE EXPLAINS, THE WHETHER YOU HAVE A TRANSPONDER, INCREASES ARE ACROSS-THE-BOARD PREPAID ACCOUNT, OR NOTHING AT ALL. CARAY: DRIVERS NOW PAID $2.05, BUT IN A FEW WEEKS DRIVERS WILL PAY $2.10. A SPOKESPERSON FOR RIVERLINK SAYS THE INCREASES WERE NECESSARY. FOR DRIVERS WITH A PREPAID ACCOUNT AND TRANSPONDER, THE INCREASES THE LOWEST. THOSE WITHOUT EITHER WILL FEEL THE 2.5% INCREASE THE MOST. WITH THE NEW RATES, IF YOU HAVE THAT PREPAID ACCOUNT TRANSPONDER YOU ARE PAYING $2.10 TO CROSS. IF YOU DON’T HAVE IT IT IS $4.20, IT IS DOUBLE. WE LIKE TO SAY LITTLE TRANSPONDER, BIG SAVINGS. CARAY: RIVERLINK TOLLING IS IN PLACE ON THE I-65 ABRAHAM LINCOLN BRIDGE, I-65 KENNEDY BRIDGE AND THE LEWIS AND CLA BRIDGE CONNECTING PROSPECT, KENTUCKY AND UTICA, INDIANA. RATES GO UP EVERY YEAR, RELATIVELY SMALL, PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR DRIVERS TO BE AWARE. CARAY: RIVERLINK SPOKESPERSON MINDY PETERSON SAYS THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND YEAR DRIVERS ARE SEEING A TOLL RATE INCREASE, BECAUSE YEAR 1, 2017 THE TOLLS , WEREN’T OPEN QUITE A YEAR AND THEY DIDN’T WANT TO ENFORCE THE INCREASE. TOLL RATE INCREASES ARE NOT POPULAR WITH DRIVERS BUT THEY ARE COMMON AND NECESSARY. YOU ARE KEEPING UP WITH INFLATION. CARAY: PETERSON SAYS THE INCREASES WILL TAKE PLACE EVERY AND ARE MEAURED BY THE CONSUMER JULY 1, PRICE INDEX. THE MONEY HELPS WITH MEETING PROJECT EXPENSES. >> YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT A 2.3 BILLION DOLLAR BRI

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