Transportation Archives - Irene Haines 2020

Public Hearing on Tolls – This Friday at 1pm

TAXESJanuary 29, 2020

Dear Friends and Neighbors, The Governor’s most recent proposal to install tolls on our highways has now been made public and will have a public hearing at the Legislative Office Building this Friday at 1p.m. The 32-page document outlines their plan to add 12 toll gantries for “Large Commercial Trucks” at specific bridges around the...

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Tolls and Transportation

TAXESMay 18, 2019

Talk about adding tolls to Connecticut highways has been going on for years, and this year was no exception with several bills coming before legislative committees. Despite the governor’s flip-flop on trucks-only tolling, ill-defined plans with varying numbers of toll gantries and which highways would be tolled, and the Democrats’ push to raise an additional...