If you traveled this weekend, along with the 80 million others on the road, and happened to use the Kansas Turnpike, you no doubt noticed the end of an era for the Kansas Turnpike with, manual toll collection ceasing after nearly 68 years. The Kansas Turnpike was converted to a cashless toll system setting off a series of activities that will ultimately improve safety, customer convenience and operational efficiencies, while keeping electronic toll rates at some of the lowest of any cashless system in the country. Kansas Turnpike Authority Business Services and Customer Relations Director Rachel Bell cited new equipment on the turnpike as a main reason for the state’s decision to go cashless:
Activities to decommission toll booths have already begun. Contracts for toll plaza demolition and lane configuration begin at the end of July and will take about 18 months. Drivers are encouraged to stay alert and watch for crews as they use these interchanges.
