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BRIBERY * USA - Truckers say feds are bribing New York, other cities with toll grants
A move by the U.S. DOT to award grants to cities wishing to implement tolls to reduce congestion is nothing short of bribery, particularly in New York, an official with the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association said this week
Grain Valley,MO,USA - Land Line Magazine, by David Tanner -August 16, 2007: -- “At the time we’re talking about the Highway Trust Fund bleeding to death, and our nation’s bridges in need of repairs and replacement, we have DOT giving grants to cities to start tolling people,” said OOIDA Executive Vice President Todd Spencer... “It’s essentially bribery, especially in New York City,” he said... An independent study done previously by OOIDA Legislative Affairs Specialist Rene Hill confirmed at least 35 percent of the fuel tax dollars collected for roads and bridges are spent on things like bike paths, museums and other earmarked projects such as lighthouse maintenance...
* Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, confirms diversion of highway, bridge money
USA -“Land Line Now” on XM Satellite Radio/Life on The Road, by Wayne Weisser -17 Aug 2007: -- It’s what everyone has already known, this brings it into the open.. U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters this week confirmed that a big chunk of fuel tax dollars end up paying for things other than roads and bridges... In an interview on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS, Peters said “I think Americans would be shocked to learn that only about 60 percent of the (fuel) tax they pay today actually goes to highway and bridge construction”... Peters said in the last highway bill, about $24 billion went to special, “earmarked” projects, and for things such as museums, bike paths and the maintenance of lighthouses...
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