Vote scheduled for controversial Connecticut truck tolling plan

Feb 03, 2020 at 08:24 AM CST
State legislators in Connecticut have scheduled a vote on a controversial plan to toll tractor-trailer trucks, paving the way for a fee on heavy-duty vehicles to pay for deteriorating highway infrastructure, news outlets reported. The vote, slated for the week of Feb. 10, was announced as hundreds of people packed a nine-hour public hearing on Friday to discuss Gov. Ned Lamont’s latest transportation plan, part of a 10-year, $19.4 billion infrastructure plan to improve roads, bridges, airports, rail and bus service. Under the proposal, the state would collect tolls from tractor-trailer trucks traveling on the state’s highways at 12 electronic gantries. The latest version of the plan limits tolls to heavy-duty trucks but also contains an emergency clause that could include smaller trucks and passenger vehicles.

Feb 03, 2020 at 08:24 AM CST

State legislators in Connecticut have scheduled a vote on a controversial plan to toll tractor-trailer trucks, paving the way for a fee on heavy-duty vehicles to pay for deteriorating highway infrastructure, news outlets reported. The vote, slated for the week of Feb. 10, was announced as hundreds of people packed a nine-hour public hearing on Friday to discuss Gov. Ned Lamont’s latest transportation plan, part of a 10-year, $19.4 billion infrastructure plan to improve roads, bridges, airports, rail and bus service. Under the proposal, the state would collect tolls from tractor-trailer trucks traveling on the state’s highways at 12 electronic gantries. The latest version of the plan limits tolls to heavy-duty trucks but also contains an emergency clause that could include smaller trucks and passenger vehicles.