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Plan For Tolls On CT Highways Moves Forward Plan For Tolls On CT Highways Moves Forward
Plan For Tolls On CT Highways Moves Forward Key state legislative committees moved a step closer last week Thursday on plans to place electronic tolls on highways throughout Connecticut.. The Transportation Committee as well as the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee passed Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s bill authorizing the state Department of Transportation to develop and implement state tolls on I-95, I-84, the Merritt Parkway and other state routes, such as Route 8 and Route 9. Another bill requires a study and a formal proposal by the state Department of Transportation, and then a second vote by the Legislature next year, before toll…

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by Jon Craig
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Revised Connecticut Budget Cuts Metro-North Fare Hikes, Saves Highway Tolls Revised Connecticut Budget Cuts Metro-North Fare Hikes, Saves Highway Tolls
Revised Connecticut Budget Cuts Metro-North Fare Hikes, Saves Highway Tolls Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Monday, Feb. 5 proposed these adjustments to the state budget that restore $4.3 billion in planned transportation projects, cancel proposed Metro-North fare hikes and add electronic tolls on state highways.  Malloy's proposed changes to the two-year state budget also eliminates the $200 personal property tax exemption, creates a new 25-cent deposit on wine and spirit bottles and eliminates education cost sharing for the 33 wealthiest communities, as reported here by the Greenwich Times.  Malloy released his Fiscal Year 2019 budget adjustments, building on the framew…

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by Jon Craig