Electronic Tolls Off Schedule in New Jersey

Installation of E-ZPass, the electronic toll program in New Jersey, continues to be plagued by problems that threaten to throw the project even further off schedule.

A key software provider publicly broke with MFS Technologies, the primary contractor for the $500 million project, claiming the company owes it close to $1 million.

To add to MFS’ worries, a top systems programmer who played a pivotal role in the development of a computer center that will process toll violations, handed in his resignation.

The center, which will process the $25 citations that will be mailed to toll cheaters, is nearly four months behind schedule, and MFS is being fined $25,000 a day in late penalties. If the center is not running by March 31, MFS could be dropped as the project’s main contractor.

Vance Cartee, vice president of MFS, said his company will meet the March 31 deadline.

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