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final design phase to begin in spring 2028, followed by the beginning of the construction of the new bridge spans anticipated beginning in calendar 2032.
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Collection of Outstanding Toll Debt
Committee narrative in the 2025 JCR requested that MDTA submit a report on the collection of outstanding tolls from in-state and out-of-state motorists. According to MDTA, the cumulative total of unpaid toll debt and civil penalties over the previous 12 fiscal years (2014 to 2025) was $1.6 billion, of which $383.2 million was unpaid toll debt and $1.25 billion was unpaid civil penalty debt. MDTA assesses a one-time civil penalty fee of $25 for each unpaid toll. Approximately $907 million, or 54%, of unpaid toll and civil penalty debt during the reporting period was from in-state motorists, while $731 million, or 45%, was from out-of-state motorists. Exhibit 16 presents a summary of the states with the highest amounts of unpaid toll debt and civil penalties owed by out-of-state drivers, in addition to the totals for Maryland drivers. Virginia (27.7%), Pennsylvania (12.0%), and New Jersey (9.9%) are the top three states and account for just under half of the total out-of-state unpaid tolls and civil penalties.
Exhibit 16 Unpaid Tolls and Civil Penalties Fiscal 2014-2025
% of Out-of-state Total
Civil Penalties Due
State
Tolls Due
Total Due
Virginia
$45,045,968 23,383,725 23,427,598 22,370,230 17,651,613 13,259,794 4,497,776 10,429,493 6,396,860 6,656,492 33,559,740
$156,972,681 $202,018,649
27.7% 12.0%
Pennsylvania New Jersey
64,089,231 48,536,261 34,602,470 36,639,768 37,792,140 24,728,329 17,054,633 18,883,581 14,469,494 70,087,363
87,472,956 71,963,859 56,972,700 54,291,381 51,051,934 29,226,105 27,484,126 25,280,441 21,125,986 103,647,103
9.9% 7.8% 7.4% 7.0% 4.0% 3.8% 3.5% 2.9%
Florida
North Carolina
Delaware
Washington, D.C.
Texas
New York
Georgia
Other States
14.2%
Subtotal Out-of-state $206,679,289
$523,855,951 $730,535,240
100%
Maryland
$176,528,576
$730,874,716 $907,403,292
Total
$383,207,865
$1,254,730,667 $1,637,938,532
Source: Maryland Transportation Authority
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