ORLANDO -- Drivers on State Road 408 were in for a cash discount Saturday morning, as 1,000 drivers were expected to receive a coupon for a free E-Pass transponder.
The coupons, good for a $25 transponder, were being handed out at the Conway East toll plaza, on the eastbound lanes of S.R. 408.
The promotion was to help celebrate the opening of two new express lanes.
The Department of Transportation shifted eastbound traffic near the new plaza late Friday, so it could open the new lanes.
The traffic would pass through the old Holland East Plaza without paying, and continue to the new Conway East Plaza, where the tolls would be collected.
Officials hoped the new lanes would make the rush hour commute less hectic.
"This is a growing area. We've had some congestion issues with this area of the road. We're just trying to make it better, safer, faster," said Brian Hawkings, with the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority.
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