With all-electronic tolling scheduled to begin on the Massachusetts Turnpike next month, more than 400 toll-collectors are in their final weeks on the job. And a top transportation official says he’s proud of the work the state has done to lessen the blow to these workers.

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At a public hearing Thursday Night in Lenox, Highway Administrator Tom Timlin said some toll-collectors are being retrained for other jobs on the Turnpike.

“We made an educational fund available, so if somebody had an interest completely outside of the transportation realm, we would fund it, the union would then give it to folks if they wanted to do something that maybe they are interested in,” Timlin said

The state has said about 85 toll collectors will be given other jobs, while another 200 are retiring.

More than 100 others were hired after a deal was struck between their union and the state. They will be out of a job at the end of October.