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TOLL INCREASES * USA - Board votes to raise truck tolls, add E-ZPass fee
Baltimore,MD,USA -The Baltimore Sun, by Michael Dresser -29 Jan 2009: -- Over vocal objections from the public, the Maryland Transportation Authority's board voted this morning to raise truck tolls at its bridges and tunnels on Interstate 95 and to impose a $1.50-a-month fee on its E-ZPass customers... The board voted unanimously after hearing comments from Marylanders who turned out for a public meeting near the Key Bridge on the authority's proposed package of revenue increases — designed to make up for a shortfall caused by a drop in traffic that is part of a national decline in driving. About 30 people attended... Opponents argued that the truck toll increases of 50 percent or more come at a time when many operators are struggling to survive the economic downturn... (Baltimore Sun photo by Amy Davis / January 29, 2009 - The Maryland Transportation Authority held a public meeting on its proposed fee increases for E-ZPass use and truck tolls. MdTA board member Ronald L. Freeland, front, read the recommendations of the board from a prepared statement at the conclusion of the meeting, after which the authority voted to enact the increases)Labels: toll increases
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