MAINE PUBLIC • May 26, 2020
Traffic on the Maine Turnpike over the holiday weekend was a far cry from the usual Memorial Day onslaught that kicks off the state summer tourist season. Peter Mills, executive director of the Maine Turnpike Authority, says that during last year's Memorial Day weekend, drivers went through the tolls more than one million times. This past holiday weekend, the number was just over a half million. Mills adds, though, that the turnpike's revenues did not drop by as much this weekend because of robust truck traffic, which pays more in tolls per trip.