Florida Administrative Code › 14 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › 14 - Departmental › Chapter 14-15 - INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE › Section 14-15.0081 - Toll Facilities Description and Toll Rate Schedule

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) The
				Toll Facilities Description and Toll Rate Schedule,
https://www.flrules.org/Gateway/reference.asp?No=Ref-14026
,
				effective February 2, 2022, is hereby incorporated by this rule and made a part
				of the rules of the Department. Copies of this Department of Transportation
				Toll Facilities Description and Toll Rate Schedule are available at no more
				than cost.
(2) Toll Indexing. Toll
				rate schedules for the Department toll facilities, including Florida Turnpike
				System toll facilities, are subject to toll rate adjustments based on the
				annual Consumer Price Index (CPI).
(a) For the
				purposes of this rule, the index used is the CPI published by the Bureau of
				Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, which uses 1982-1984
				as the base, and is the Annual Average for all expenditure items for all urban
				consumers, U.S. city average.
(b)
				Toll rates on these facilities distinguish between transaction methods offered
				on the various toll facilities, which are cash transactions, SunPass pre-paid
				toll transactions, and TOLL-BY-PLATE video billing transactions. Not all
				transaction methods are offered at each toll facility.
(c) Toll Facilities.
1. The Department toll facilities, other than
				the Florida Turnpike System, affected by toll rate indexing will be Alligator
				Alley (Everglades Parkway), Sunshine Skyway Bridge, Pinellas Bayway System, and
				Wekiva Parkway between Milepost 41 and Milepost 54, and the Gateway
				Expressway.
2. The Florida Turnpike
				System toll facilities affected by toll rate indexing are Florida's Turnpike
				Mainline. Beachline West Expressway, Polk Parkway, Sawgrass Expressway,
				Southern Connector Extension, Seminole Expressway, Suncoast Parkway, Veterans
				Expressway, Western Beltway, Part C between Milepost 0 and Milepost 11, I-4
				Connector, Beachline East Expressway, and First Coast
				Expressway.
(d) Base Toll
				Rates. The base toll rate is the two-axle toll rate for each of the toll
				transaction methods.
(e) Multi-axle
				Toll Rate Calculations. On all the Department facilities, including Florida
				Turnpike System toll facilities, except for the segment of Florida's Turnpike
				Mainline between Milepost 88 and Milepost 236, the multi-axle toll rates equal
				the number of axles of each vehicle minus one, multiplied by the base toll
				rate. For the segment of Florida's Turnpike Mainline between Milepost 88 and
				Milepost 236, the multi-axle toll rates equal the base rate divided by two and
				multiplied by the number of axles.
(f) Indexing of Toll Rates. Indexing of toll
				rates means adding to the toll rate in effect for the period immediately
				preceding the indexing adjustment the amount derived by multiplying the
				percentage change in the CPI times the toll rate in effect immediately
				preceding the indexing adjustment. Toll rates for the Department toll
				facilities, including Florida Turnpike System toll facilities, are subject to
				indexing as prescribed below:
1. No later than
				June 30, 2012:
a. The base cash toll rate on
				all Department toll facilities, including Florida Turnpike System toll
				facilities, is being initially indexed using the percentage change between the
				CPI for year ending December 31, 2010, and the CPI for year ending December 31,
				2005, which is 11.7%. The base cash toll rate will be adjusted to the next
				higher quarter ($0.25) on the Department toll facilities, including Florida
				Turnpike System toll facilities, except the Turnpike Ticket System, which will
				be adjusted to the next higher dime ($0.10).
b. For all toll locations not having cash
				toll rates, the base Toll-By-Plate toll rate for each of those locations on all
				Department toll facilities, including Florida Turnpike System toll facilities,
				is being initially indexed using the percentage change between the CPI for year
				ending December 31, 2010, and the CPI for year ending December 31, 2005, which
				is 11.7%. The base Toll-By-Plate toll rate will be adjusted to the next higher
				quarter ($0.25) on the Department toll facilities, including Florida Turnpike
				System toll facilities, except the Turnpike Ticket System, which will be
				adjusted to the next higher dime ($0.10).
c. The base toll rates for SunPass
				transactions on all Department toll facilities, including Florida Turnpike
				System toll facilities, except the Turnpike Ticket System, will be a quarter
				($0.25) less than the adjusted base cash toll rate for each toll location, and
				25% less than the adjusted base cash toll rate on the Turnpike Ticket
				System.
d. Toll-By-Plate toll rates
				are set to equal the adjusted base cash toll rate.
2. Beginning on July 1, 2013 and on each
				subsequent July 1st thereafter:
a. Toll rates
				for SunPass transactions on all Department toll facilities, including Florida
				Turnpike System toll facilities, will be indexed annually using the base
				SunPass toll rate for the immediately preceding fiscal year multiplied by the
				percentage change of the CPI for the immediately preceding year ended December
				31st compared to the CPI for the second most recent year ended December 31st.
				CPI adjustments to the base SunPass toll rate will be rounded to the nearest
				penny ($0.01).
b. Toll rates for
				TOLL-BY-PLATE transactions on all Department toll facilities, including Florida
				Turnpike System toll facilities, will be indexed annually using the base
				TOLL-BY-PLATE toll rate for the immediately preceding fiscal year multiplied by
				the percentage change of the CPI for the immediately preceding year ended
				December 31st compared to the CPI for the second most recent year ended
				December 31st. CPI adjustments to the base TOLL-BY-PLATE toll rate will be
				rounded to the nearest penny ($0.01).
3. Beginning July 1, 2017, and every fifth
				year thereafter, the base cash toll rate on all Department toll facilities,
				including Florida Turnpike System toll facilities, will be indexed using the
				base cash toll rate for the immediately preceding fiscal year multiplied by the
				percentage change of the CPI for the immediately preceding year ending December
				31st compared to the CPI for the sixth most recent year ending December 31st.
				For adjustments to the base cash toll rate, if the CPI adjustment would cause
				any increase to the toll rate, then the new base cash toll rate will be
				adjusted to the next higher quarter ($0.25) for all Department toll facilities,
				including Florida Turnpike System toll facilities.
(g) If the resulting CPI ratio is negative,
				the CPI ratio for that year will be set to zero resulting in no toll rate
				increase that year.
(h) Adjustments
				to toll rates will be published on the Department website:
				https://floridaturnpike.com/tolls/toll-rates/.