The agency that oversees the state’s toll roads and bridges has failed to collect more than $818 million in tolls and fees it was owed, according to a new audit.
The audit released Tuesday finds the Maryland Transportation Authority failed to collect the tolls and fees and did not take steps to have other states help collect from out-of-state motorists. The amount owed to the agency is nearly equal to the agency’s fiscal 2025 operating expenses, which total more than $885 million, according to the Office of Legislative Audits.
The audit found that nearly $669 million in tolls and fees went uncollected for a year or more. More than half that — $386.3 million — had gone uncollected for more than three years.
“Our review disclosed that although MDTA sent the registered owner of the out-of-state vehicle a notice of the toll and assessed penalties when the tolls were unpaid, it did not take available action to collect the amounts due,” the auditors wrote…