ST. IGNACE, Mich. (AP) — Mackinac Bridge tolls won’t be going up next year after all.Feesfor
crossing the five-mile-long bridge linking Michigan’s upper andlower peninsulas had been scheduled to
rise Jan. 1 under a schedule setby the Mackinac Bridge Authority in 2007.But the authority decided
earlier this year to keep the tolls at current levels.Thatmeans drivers of passenger vehicles will
continue paying $4. Commercialvehicle rates will remain at $5 per axle. Meanwhile, the rate forcommuter
vehicles will drop from $2.10 this year back to the 2012 levelof $2.Board chairman William Gnodtke says
reduced energyconsumption, electronic tolling and other efficiencies have cut costsand made the fee
increases unnecessary.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rightsreserved. This material may not be
published, broadcast, rewritten orredistributed.ST. IGNACE, Mich. (AP) — Mackinac Bridge tolls won’t be going up
next year after all.Feesfor crossing the five-mile-long bridge linking Michigan’s upper andlower
peninsulas had been scheduled to rise Jan. 1 under a schedule setby the Mackinac Bridge Authority in
2007.But the authority decided earlier this year to keep the tolls at current levels.Thatmeans drivers
of passenger vehicles will continue paying $4. Commercialvehicle rates will remain at $5 per axle.
Meanwhile, the rate forcommuter vehicles will drop from $2.10 this year back to the 2012 levelof
$2.Board chairman William Gnodtke says reduced energyconsumption, electronic tolling and other
efficiencies have cut costsand made the fee increases unnecessary.Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.
All rightsreserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten orredistributed.