The good news is it'll still be free to get into New Jersey — slap in the face that may be, when it costs so much to get out.

But it's about to cost more to leave the Garden State at any of the Hudson River and Staten Island crossings, when the Port Authority jacks up rates early Sunday morning.

Starting Sunday, it'll cost a passenger vehicle $15 to get through one of the crossings is paying cash, up from the $14 it's been since December of 2014. EZ-Pass users get a break — $10.50 during off-peak hours, and $12.50 during peak times.

Motorcycles would be hit with the same $15 when paying cash. They're to be charged $9.50 during off-peak hours and $11.50 during peak hours if using EZ-Pass.

It's a whole lot more expensive to be a truck driver — with big trucks paying cash getting hit with a $26 toll that includes $21 per axle for trucks with more than six. Using EZ-Pass, the same trucker would only pay $102 during off-peak hours or $108 during peak times.

Carpoolers and those in low-emission vehicles get significant breaks — but their rates are still rising over the current tolls.

The toll increases are the last in a staggered set that began in 2011. No further toll increases are scheduled for now.

The toll increases affect the George Washington Bridge, Lincoln Tunnel, Holland Tunnel, Goethals Bridge, Bayonne Bridge and the Outerbridge Crossing.

The Port Authority estimates toll revenues will come to $1.63 billion next year. It has said the hikes are needed to boost revenues after the recession, to pay for post-9/11 security costs, to pay for the rebuilding of the World Trade Center, and for "the largest overhaul of facilities in the Port Authority's 90-year history."

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