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"Traffic on the Maine Turnpike fell by 4 percent in the first six months after tolls went up, but toll revenues increased by 16 percent during the same period.\u00A0\u00A0 \u00A0From November 2012 when the toll hikes went into place through April, the turnpike took in $51.7 million, or $7.2 million more than the same period the previous year.Maine Turnpike Authority spokesman Dan Morin told WMTW News 8 in an email, \"There were 8 major weekend snow events which greatly affected winter travel trips and revenue.\"\u00A0\u00A0 \u00A0Maine Turnpike Authority Executive Director Peter Mills said enough money is now being collected - but not much more - to pay the turnpike's operating budget, maintenance and long-term debt service."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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