New Jersey businesses comprised three of the top 5 spots on the list, made public Tuesday.
The top two commercial toll violators on the Pennsylvania Turnpike are New Jersey businesses, with eight others making the list of offenders owing $20,000 or more, which the agency made public Tuesday.
On top is Green Coast Logistics, LLC in South Plainfield, which has racked up 7,631 violation notices and owes the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission $678,483, the agency said.
By comparison, number two violator Natural Stone Wholesalers, LLC, in Williamstown, owes $79,659 for 927 violations.
"The top 24 violators together owe the (turnpike) more than $1.5 million in unpaid tolls and fees," Turnpike Chairman Sean Logan said in a statement.
"Shockingly, a single New Jersey trucking firm owes the (turnpike) almost $700,000 in unpaid tolls and violations," Logan said.
The commission has filed civil actions against some of the companies, and recently made the decision to publicize the top offenders in an effort to persuade lawmakers - and the public - that stronger consequences are needed for violators.
"We are doing all we can to collect every penny, but it is simply not enough," Logan said in the statement "Without support from state lawmakers for tougher consequences, a growing number of violators from every state will continue to cheat both the Turnpike Commission and the commonwealth as a whole."
NJ Advance Media reached out to all 10 companies and only talked to representatives from two - Lubana Road and YMS - who declined to comment on their placement on the list.
The commission also made public the violations currently due by all motorists, broken down by state. New Jersey finished second on that list, with 64,103 violations that owe just over $7 million. (Pennsylvania topped the list.)
"Not surprisingly, most of the states in the top 10 are states with which (Pennsylvannia) shares a border," Logan said. "But many will be surprised that we have mailed toll violations to every U.S. state and territory, including Hawaii and Alaska."
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