The Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has authorised the purchase of a new toll collection system for the agency’s six bi-state crossings, which will have the capability to accommodate all-electronic tolling in the future. 
      
  
           
                          
                February 2, 2012
              
            
                          
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                The Board of Commissioners of the 1698   Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has authorised the purchase of a new toll collection system for  the agency’s six bi-state crossings, which will have the capability to  accommodate all-electronic tolling in the future. Approval was given, at  a total cost of US$175 million, for the final design and construction  of the new system in the existing toll plazas, with PBS&J  Architecture and Engineering being appointed for programme management  services related to deployment. Installation is scheduled to begin in  late 2012 and be completed by the end of 2014.
      
    
    
        
        
        
        



