The New Stanton service plaza has become the first on the Pennsylvania Turnpike to offer compressed natural gas.
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reports Sunoco opened three pumps there on Thursday. One is for passenger vehicles, one for commercial vehicles and the third — just outside the plaza's gate — is for vehicles not using the turnpike.
The plaza is located at the junction of Interstate 70 and the turnpike, about 30 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
Mark Compton, the chief executive officer of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, says the plaza was chosen because one-third of the vehicles using the toll road in that area are commercial.
Rick Price, executive director of the Pittsburgh Region Clean Cities, says an increasing number of commercial trucks use natural gas.
It sells for about $1.99 per gallon equivalent of gasoline.
