State progressing on plan to do away with turnpike tollbooths

A $17 million construction contract approved by the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority reflects continuing progress being made on plans to do away with tollbooths on state turnpikes. Plans are for the state’s new “PlatePay” system to be in place by 2024. At that point, motorists no longer will have to stop to pay toll collectors or to drop coins in baskets at tollbooths. Instead, tolls will eith...

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