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TOLLS' DEBATE * USA
* New Hampshire lawmakers push for private toll bridgeNH,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Keith Goble -November 15, 2007: -- Some state lawmakers in New Hampshire are hopeful of seeing a privately operated toll bridge erected in the state to help ease traffic congestion in the southern part of the state... Rep. David Campbell, D-Nashua, is the lead sponsor of an effort touted by several House and Senate members that would allow a private group to contract to build a bridge across the Merrimack River in Nashua. The cost of the bridge has been estimated between $75 million and $100 million, the Union Leader newspaper reported... Currently, the state has two bridges over the Merrimack River between Nashua and Manchester. A third bridge now under construction will connect the F.E. Everett Turnpike to the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport...
* Two public meetings left in Pennsylvania regarding I-80 tolls
PENN,USA -Land Line Magazine -November 15, 2007: -- Two public meetings remain in the current round of meetings aimed at informing the public about the tolling of Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania... The meetings are scheduled to be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at each location, conducted in an open-house format. The public can view informational materials and discuss the proposal one-on-one with project staff. Formal presentations by transportation officials are scheduled at 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. at each meeting... Remaining dates and locations are as follows:
* Monday, Nov. 19, Notre Dame High School, 60 Spagenburg Ave., East Stroudsburg, PA
* Monday, Nov. 19, Grove City College, 100 Campus Drive, Grove City, PA
* Trucking Companies on tolls
Buffalo,NY,USA -WKBW-TV, by Julie Fine -Nov 15, 2007: -- There are about 35 trucks in Serafini's fleet, and some of them go through 6 tolls a day, delivering road construction materials. Drivers will pay 10 percent more in January, and now 5 percent increases are proposed for both 2009 and 2010... The drivers are feeling the heat too... The New York Thruway Authority says the number of people on the roads are down. They projected a 2.5 increase for 2007, and say it is less than one percent. That is one reason they point too for a need for higher tolls, plus the cost of keeping the roads safe. But Congressman Brian Higgins, concerned about how the Authority spends its money, requested an audit earlier in the week, and has since spoke to the state Comptroller... Attorney Michael Powers, who sued the New York Thruway Authority to get rid of the 190 tolls, is now sending a letter asking for their report describing the need for higher tolls. Those who use them frequently continue to hope the hike does not happen...
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