{"id":1081,"date":"2018-08-02T20:14:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T20:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/2018\/08\/02\/3-reasons-trucking-association-opposes-state-highway-tolls\/"},"modified":"2018-08-02T20:14:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T20:14:00","slug":"3-reasons-trucking-association-opposes-state-highway-tolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/transportation\/wp-transportation\/3-reasons-trucking-association-opposes-state-highway-tolls\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Reasons Trucking Association Opposes State Highway Tolls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mtac.us\/\" style=\"color:rgb(27,117,188);text-decoration:none;font-family:'proxima-nova';font-size:18px;letter-spacing:.36000001430511475px;\">Motor Transport Association of Connecticut<\/a>\u00a0opposes a toll road study because:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>studies have already been done<\/li>\n<li>funds should go to infrastructure not studies<\/li>\n<li>oppose tolls and motor fuel tax increases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Background on Toll Study:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Created by Executive Order<\/li>\n<li>Approved by\u00a0the state\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ctmirror.org\/2018\/07\/25\/bond-commission-oks-10m-tolls-study\/\" style=\"color:rgb(27,117,188);text-decoration:none;font-family:'proxima-nova';font-size:18px;letter-spacing:.36000001430511475px;\">Bond Commission<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Will study how much revenue adding tolls to Connecticut highways<\/li>\n<li>Supporters say it would be $1 B in annual revenue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freightwaves.com\/news\/trucking\/connecticut-to-study-tolls\">Freight\u00a0Waves |\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freightwaves.com\/news\/trucking\/connecticut-to-study-tolls\" style=\"color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration:none;\">State trucking association pushes back against need for tolls in Connecticut<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mtac.us\/\" style=\"color:rgb(27,117,188);text-decoration:none;font-family:'proxima-nova';font-size:18px;letter-spacing:.36000001430511475px;\">Motor Transport Association of Connecticut<\/a>\u00a0opposes a toll road study because:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>studies have already been done<\/li>\n<li>funds should go to infrastructure not studies<\/li>\n<li>oppose tolls and motor fuel tax increases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Background on Toll Study:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Created by Executive Order<\/li>\n<li>Approved by\u00a0the state\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ctmirror.org\/2018\/07\/25\/bond-commission-oks-10m-tolls-study\/\" style=\"color:rgb(27,117,188);text-decoration:none;font-family:'proxima-nova';font-size:18px;letter-spacing:.36000001430511475px;\">Bond Commission<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Will study how much revenue adding tolls to Connecticut highways<\/li>\n<li>Supporters say it would be $1 B in annual revenue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freightwaves.com\/news\/trucking\/connecticut-to-study-tolls\">Freight\u00a0Waves |\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freightwaves.com\/news\/trucking\/connecticut-to-study-tolls\" style=\"color:rgb(34,34,34);text-decoration:none;\">State trucking association pushes back against need for tolls 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