What you need to know
Originally approved during an October Mobility Authority board meeting, the majority of toll collection points will see between a 2%-3% increase—the result of recent years inflation, according to a news release from the agency.
The toll rate increases follow Mobility Authority policy that adjusts rates each year based on inflation to prevent larger hikes every five years.
The following toll lanes will be impacted:
- 183A Toll
- Hwy. 290 Toll
- Hwy. 71 Toll Lane
- SH 45 Toll
- US 183 Toll
- MoPac Express Lane
The MopPac Express Lane will also see an 8-cent rate increase.
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The rate hikes along the northern stretches of 183A Toll may come as no surprise, as the Mobility Agency continues paving $259 million in new toll roads, extending the pay-for-play express lanes from Hero Way in Leander to a little past Hwy. 29 in Liberty Hill.
According to the Mobility Authority, 183A Toll has also seen an increase in drivers, especially in light of recent growth in northwest Austin suburbs, including Cedar Park and Leander.
The Mobility Authority predicts weekday traffic increases of more than 50% by 2040.
Plans brought before the public over the summer of 2024 included adding a fourth lane in both directions from RM 620 and SH 45 to Hero Way.
In addition to their work in the north, the agency is also eyeing an extension of the MoPac Express Lanes in South Austin.
Having rekindled the decade-old project, the agency is currently undergoing public comment for proposed new toll lanes on an 8-mile stretch of south MoPac from Cesar Chavez Street to Slaughter Lane.
Mobility Authority documents anticipated construction to begin in 2025. However, after the cities of Rollingwood and West Lake raised concerns for the lack of consideration for the negative impacts on east-west traffic, the Nov. 12 public comment period for the project was extended until Jan. 28.
