Due to the combination of a capital program to widen and rebuild the turnpike, combined with the excrescence of Act 44, in which about $450 million/year of turnpike revenue was diverted to PennDOT to support highway construction and public transit (later, exclusively dedicated to public transit). Fortunately, Act 89 reduces this amount to $50 million on 2023.
What that ultimately means is that the Turnpike Authority needs to issue a ton of bonds for its capital program, which will be covered by ever-increasing tolls until at least 2044.
And do you really think the Turnpike tolls will go down in 2023?
Be serious.