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Feb 18, 2016

BIG TRUCK TOLLS * USA: RhodeWorks signed into Law

* Rhode Islands - Tolls for 18-wheeler trucks: “A gauntlet of regulatory and legal challenges", R.I.T.A.

-- Even though truck tolls are the law, it could be years before the state starts collecting revenue, if it gets to that point at all. The state estimate is for toll gantries to be operational in about 18 months... Chris Maxwell, president of the Rhode Island Trucking Association, says this is just the beginning of what could be a long legal battle...  On Thursday, before Senate passage of RhodeWorks legislation and its signing by Gov. Gina Raimondo, Maxwell said tolls for 18-wheeler trucks – Class 8 vehicles – faces a “gauntlet of regulatory and legal challenges…the real work begins; we won’t give up on this fight” ... The truckers favor increasing the diesel tax as a component of funding the roadwork, with other revenues coming in reduced state spending... But while the trucking association is looking to put the brakes on tolls, as Rhode Island could set a national precedent, the state Department of Transportation (RIDOT) is stepping on the accelerator to repair 150 of the state’s most deficient bridges... 
(Photo: R.I. Gov. Gina Raimondo signs RhodeWorks into law during a State House ceremony last week) -- Providence, R:I., USA - Warwick Beacon, by John Howell - February 16, 2016

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