Other states find highway tolls the road to revenue

HARTFORD — As Connecticut scrambles to find new revenue to plug deficits and resolve an ongoing budget stalemate, neighboring states are bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars a year from highway tolls. An Office of Legislative Research report issued this month shows that Massachusetts garnered $395 million from tolls last year, while New York State pocketed $708 million and Maine took in $133 million. A provision tucked into the most recent state budget crafted by the General Assembly’s majority Democrats, and supported by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, contains a pathway to highway tolls through a new Connecticut Transportation Finance Authority.

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