Travel News Weekly by Turnpikes.com for September 22, 2025
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Video date: September 22, 2025
In this video: Another DOT worker is killed, this time by a hit-and-run driver. A dire warning from MDOT's director comes amid a budget fight in Michigan. A traffic detour will annoy drivers using Florida's Turnpike during the overnights this week; and traffic relief for a town in Maine could come earlier than expected. Danny Pryor reports for Turnpikes.com.
Full description: Authorities in New York say a hit and run driver has been caught after striking and killing a construction worker. Michigan's DOT director has issued a dire warning about impacts to drivers' safety and roadway maintenance under the current budget proposed by the Michigan House. Overnight drivers and haulers in Florida will have to go out of their way to get onto the turnpike northbound, that is if they're at the West Palm Beach Service Plaza. Traffic relief could be coming slightly ahead of schedule, and in time for Thanksgiving, for the folks in Saco, Maine, living next to the Maine Turnpike. A reminder that new tolls are about to start on Washington State's SR 509, and cashless tolling is about to begin on Florida's Garcon Point Bridge near Pensacola. Signup for the first webcast of the Gordie Howe Bridge webinar series is this Friday.
