Tolls Waived for All Fire Fighting Vehicles Using the 241, 261, 133 and 73 Toll Roads...

Tolls Waived for All Fire Fighting Vehicles Using the 241, 261, 133 and 73 Toll Roads During October Fires

Toll Road Agency Responds to November 30, 2007 Media Coverage
IRVINE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--In stories today posted by the Associated Press and on The Orange
County Register Web site, it was reported that a Los Angeles County
Fire truck was charged a toll when using the 133 Toll Road to respond
to the fires in San Diego.

The research of the violation has been completed by the
Transportation Corridor Agencies, the government agency responsible
for Orange County's 51-mile toll road network. The facts are:

1. A vehicle registered to Consolidated Fire Protection District
LA County used the 73 Toll Road heading southbound at 5:22 p.m. on
Friday, October 19, 2007.

2. The Santiago Fire in Orange County began two days later on the
evening of Sunday, October 21.

3. The Palomar/Poomacha Fire in San Diego began on October 23.

4. Tolls were waived for all emergency vehicles and personnel
using the 241, 261, 133 and 73 Toll Roads October 21 through October
31.

"California Highway Patrol, State Department of Transportation,
Orange County Sheriff's Department, Orange County Fire Authority and
some police department vehicles have free access to the toll roads for
patrolling, maintenance, and emergency response," said Tom Margro, CEO
of the Transportation Corridor Agencies. "Specific incidences are
handled on an individual basis."

Transportation Corridor Agencies
Lisa Telles, 949-278-5524

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