Causeway Tolls to Increase Saturday (May 6) Morning for Cash Customers

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

On Saturday May 6, tolls for safety improvements on the Causeway will officially increase at 4 am. The round-trip cost for toll-tag holders will be $3 and cash customers will pay $5.00 round-trip. These additional funds will go directly to critical safety improvements on our bridge including safety bays and improved railings.

If you currently pay cash, please consider switching to a toll tag. A tag will save you time and money and there is no expiration date on funds in your toll tag account. If you are interested in a tag, please give us a call, send an email, or stop in at either tag office (contact information/locations at bottom).

Safety for our commuters is the GNOEC’s top priority. Higher railings and segmented shoulders will save lives. As a new 2017 report from the American Society of Civil Engineers just reported, “A majority of the functionally obsolete bridges are due to inadequate shoulders; furthermore, on some of the longer bridges, a shoulder could mean the difference of avoiding an accident. For example, the Causeway Bridge … is 23.9 miles with no shoulder and has roughly 2,000 vehicle breakdowns a year, or 5.5 per day, with nowhere to pull over.”

Thank you for your continued vigilance on our bridge and your patience as we move forward in our goal to bring the Causeway to 21st safety standards.

Sincerely,

Carlton

North Shore Toll Tag Office
North Shore Toll Plaza Facility
Mandeville, LA 70448
7:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Monday – Friday

South Shore Toll Tag Office
3939 N. Causeway Blvd. Suite 202
Metairie, La. 70002
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday

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