TOLLS ROAD DEBATE * USA - Senator files bill to prohibit interstate tolling
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) introduced legislation Wednesday, Sept. 5, to prohibit tolling on existing interstate highways
Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine -September 6, 2007: -- Hutchison filed the bill – S2019 – to “prohibit the imposition and collection of tolls on certain highways constructed using federal funds.”... A staff member for Hutchison told Land Line the bill specifically targets three of the Federal Highway Administration’s six interstate tolling programs... The bill calls for the value pricing program, express lanes program and the reconstruction and rehabilitation program to be done away with, the staff member said... Hutchison said she believes tolls on existing interstates are a form of double taxation...
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