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If No Tolls, Then What?

Susan Haigh
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AP
Opponents of highway tolls in Connecticut pose in front of an inflatable "Toll Troll" outside the Connecticut State Capitol in March. The conservative Yankee Institute for Public Policy organized the protest ahead of a planned committee vote on tolls.

Some say tolls in Connecticut are dead. But Governor Lamont hasn’t given up on them. But are tolls the only option? Other states have funded their transportation projects with infrastructure banks. We take the pulse on the possibility of tolls in Connecticut. Our guests:

  • Jim Cameron, founder, Commuter Action Group
  • Chris Perone, Connecticut state representative, D-Norwalk; member, Appropriati0ns Committee; chair, Transportation Committee; chief transportation financial officer, Connecticut House Democrats
  • Joe Pavona, former special advisor on public-private partnerships to former Michigan Governor Rick Snyder