The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission is extending by an additional week the public comment period on the proposed 2026 toll increases the bi-state agency announced in late July.
The public comment period on the proposed toll rate changes opened September 18 and was originally scheduled to close October 17. Today, the Commission revised the public comment period on the proposed new rates to now close at 4 p.m. EDT October 24.
Comment Submission Methods
Under Commission policy, motorists and other members of the public may submit comments on the proposed 2026 toll schedule as follows:
- Online: Click on the button for the toll-comment form that has been posted at https://www.drjtbc.org/proposednewtolls and drjtbc.org/tollcomments.
- US Mail: address to Director of Community Affairs Jodee Inscho, DRJTBC Administration Building, 1199 Woodside Road, Yardley, PA. 19067 (Revised deadline: Must be postmarked by Oct. 24 to be part of the official record.)
- E-mail – messages can be sent to tollcomments@drjtbc.org.
To be included in the official record, individuals must provide their first and last names, municipality of residence, and state of residence. E-mail addresses and phone numbers are requested for confirmation purposes, but will not be included in the official record that gets presented to Commissioners and later released to the public. Anonymous submissions will not be included in the official record and will be discarded.
All eligible comments will be presented to DRJTBC Commissioners prior to consideration and action (approve, modify-approve, or reject) on the proposed toll adjustments. Commissioners are expected to vote on the proposed toll adjustments at their meeting scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Nov. 24. The public would have one final opportunity to comment on the proposed toll rate changes during the portion of that meeting designated for comments on listed agenda items.
Proposed 2026 toll rate increases
- Raise the $1.50 E-ZPass toll for Class 1 passenger vehicles (two axles and less than 8 feet high) by 50 cents to a $2 rate;
- Raise the $3 TOLL BY PLATE toll for Class 1 passenger vehicles (two axles and less than 8 feet high) by $2 to a $5 rate;
- Maintain the current $2 surcharge for Class 1 vehicles with a bumper-hitch trailer or vehicle in tow, resulting in a respective $4 E-ZPass toll or a respective $7 TOLL BY PLATE toll.
- Raise the $4.50 per-axle E-ZPass rate for Class 2 vehicles and above (trucks, buses, and other non-Class 1 vehicles and combinations with two or more axles and 8 feet and above in height) by $2 to a $6.50 per-axle rate.
- Raise the $5 per-axle TOLL BY PLATE rate for Class 2 vehicles and above (trucks, buses, and other non-Class 1 vehicles and combinations with two or more axles and 8 feet and above in height) by $3 to an $8 per-axle rate. If approved, the new non-Class 1 tolls would be:
- Class 2 — 2 axles — $13 E-ZPass; $16 TOLL BY PLATE
- Class 3 — 3 axles — $19.50 E-ZPass; $24 TOLL BY PLATE
- Class 4 — 4 axles — $26 E-ZPass; $32 TOLL BY PLATE
- Class 5 — 5 axles — $32.50 E-ZPass; $40 TOLL BY PLATE
- Class 6 — 6 axles — $39 E-ZPass; $48 TOLL BY PLATE
- Class 7 — 7 axles — $45.50 E-ZPass; $56 TOLL BY PLATE
Eight toll bridges
The proposed toll changes would be uniformly applied to the Commission’s eight toll bridges:
- Trenton-Morrisville (Route 1)
- Scudder Falls (I-295)
- New Hope-Lambertville (Route 202)
- I-78
- Easton-Phillipsburg (Route 22)
- Portland-Columbia (Routes 611, 46, and 94)
- Delaware Water Gap (I-80)
- Milford-Montague (Route 206).
All Commission tolling points handle only cashless all-electronic toll transactions involving E-ZPass and TOLL BY PLATE (license plate billing). Tolls are collected only in the Pennsylvania-bound direction. The Commission charges higher rates to TOLL BY PLATE customers because that payment method involves higher costs for identifying vehicle owners and mailing toll bills. E-ZPass is the Commission’s most frequently used toll payment method.
A video of the presentation DRJTBC Executive Director Joe Resta provided at recent online toll hearings is accessible on the Commission website at https://www.drjtbc.org/proposednewtolls and the Commission’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLefIgEVLVM.
