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Pursuant to Section 338.2216, F.S., Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise is implementing video tolling as an additional payment method in its toll collection operations. Video tolling customers, as defined in Rule 14-100.005, F.A.C., will be subject to the video toll rate. Video tolling will be known as “Toll-by-Plate” on the Turnpike System and the video toll rate will be known as the “Toll-by-Plate” toll rate. The Toll-by-Plate program will allow infrequent users of the Turnpike to benefit from uninterrupted travel however, SunPass toll rates will remain the lowest toll rate option for Turnpike customers because of the lower cost of collection. The facilities affected by the Toll-by-Plate toll rate will be Florida’s Turnpike Mainline (Southern Coin, Ticket, and Northern Coin Systems, the Homestead Extension of Florida’s Turnpike (H.E.F.T.), Beachline West Expressway), Polk Parkway, Sawgrass Expressway, Southern Connector Extension, Seminole Expressway, Suncoast Parkway, Veterans Expressway, and the Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise segment of the Western Beltway, Part C. The effective date of the Toll-by-Plate toll rate will be the first day the facility is open to video toll traffic. Approximately six months after the implementation of video tolling on the H.E.F.T., cash toll collection on the roadway will be discontinued. As a result, the cash toll rates on the H.E.F.T. including Miramar Toll Plaza, N.W. 27th Avenue and County Line Road will no longer be effective as of the date the cash collection toll booths are closed for removal, currently scheduled to be in February of 2011. Cash payment for tolls will still be accepted off the roadway through various payment methods, including a new cash payment option available at participating retail stores across the State of Florida.