re: New Orleans Causeway looking at increasing toll from $3 dollars to $4 dollars

Toll revenue will provide about 73 percent of the Causeway's total revenue of $21,751,000, according to the budget. Other revenue includes $5,800,000, or 27 percent of the total, from state Highway Fund No. 2.

$27,551,000 in revenue (2013)

Under the expenditure column, the budget calls for $3,769,565 in spending on capital improvements/bridge rehabilitation, a 13 percent decrease. It calls for spending of $523,313 on capital acquisitions, an increase of about 104 percent that Dufrechou attributed to the upcoming purchases of as many as nine new police vehicles, a wrecker and a Motorist Assistance Patrol truck.

The largest expenses are payroll and benefits at $6,180,760 or 28 percent of the budget, and debt service, which is $4,637,891 or 21 percent of the budget.

$15,111,529 in total expenses.

Difference of + $12.4 mil

Per Nola.Com