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Furthermore … April 24, 2007 THE JOURNAL GAZETTE Not-so neighborly: Critics of the Indiana Toll Road lease worried that the agreement would be plagued by disputes over the road’s operation. One of those surfaced this month between ITR Concessions, the Toll Road and the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority. It seems that the 50 percent discounts offered to Indiana drivers who use I-Pass transponders on the Illinois Tollway (at a cost of $9 million to Illinois) won’t be available to Illinois drivers when ITR rolls out its new I-Zoom transponder system in June. The private toll road operator will extend its 40 percent discount only to Indiana drivers. That news prompted Illinois officials to issue a news release calling on ITR to be a good neighbor and make the discounts reciprocal. ITR claims that conditions demanded by the Indiana General Assembly preclude it from extending the discount. Here’s a tip, ITR: The legislature is currently in session. Gov. Mitch Daniels and the lawmakers who were so eager to rush into a 75-year lease a year ago should have no problem fixing any language that might have inadvertently caused this problem.
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