CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — Motorists traveling a toll road that connects Interstate 64 in Chesapeake to North Carolina and the Outer Banks will pay more beginning May 1.

Media outlets report that the Chesapeake City Council voted Tuesday to raise the Chesapeake Expressway's $2 toll to $6 on summer weekends, and $3 on weekdays and during the off-season.

The rate for the E-ZPass discount program also will increase from 50 cents year round to 75 cents.

A consultant's study recommended increasing the toll to help raise funds for repairing the 16-mile four-lane highway over the next five years.