West Virginia Turnpike tolls increasing [Video]

KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – ”Nothing has changed since I was a kid. The roads are worse,” Tina Martin, a traveler on the West Virginia Turnpike, said.

Martin grew up using the West Virginia Turnpike and paying tolls, but she was surprised to hear the price was raising by a quarter at each toll plaza starting New Year’s Day.

“Matter of fact, I forgot when we were coming back down about the tolls until I saw, you know. I said ‘oh my God, they’re still, still doing this now.’ I didn’t know it was going up to $4.50.”

Martin lives in Roanoke, Virginia, now and said her grandchildren asked her why they charged people to go through the turnpike.

“Well, honey, let me tell you a story about that. When I was a little girl, they built this turnpike and I said the tolls that they took were supposedly to …