AUGUSTA (AP) — A state lawmaker wants the Legislature’s oversight agency to review proposed toll increases on the Maine Turnpike.

Sen. Margaret Craven, a Lewiston Democrat, plans on Friday to formally request the probe by the Office of Program Evaluation and Accountability.

Craven says the toll increases on the 109-mile highway would disproportionately impact residents in the Lewiston Auburn area and western areas of the state.

The Maine Turnpike Authority’s preferred option is to add $1 to the toll plaza in York, 75 cents in New Gloucester and West Gardiner, and 50 cents each at the Wells northbound and Gray southbound toll plazas.

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