A sunny forecast for the Fourth of July holiday weekend means there’ll be plenty of people traveling, according to the Maine Turnpike Authority.
Turnpike officials said the weather forecast, stable fuel prices and a general trend toward increased highway travel are expected to boost traffic volumes at the York toll plaza by 7 percent compared to last year, the Associated Press reports.
More than 700,000 vehicles are expected to enter the turnpike between York and Augusta over the four-day weekend, said turnpike spokesman Dan Paradee.
Nearly 241,000 of those vehicles are expected to pass through the York plaza, the key conduit for summer visitors entering the state, Paradee said.
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