LEGISLATIVE ALERT hartford, CT RESOURCES If you don’t know who your State Representative or State Senator are, please click below. FIND MY LEGISLATOR For the best resource to keep you up to date on news from the State Capitol, visit CT Capitol Report. CT CAPITOL REPORT Call or write your legislator and let them know how you feel about tolls. It is critical they hear from you now before they cast a vote which could be as soon as next week! READ MORE The Connecticut Transportation Finance Panel estimates it will cost $373 million to install the tolls, and that does not include the environmental impact studies, and studies of traffic diversion and economic impacts. Another study said that 71% of the toll revenue would come from residents while only 29% would come from out of state drivers. Undoubtedly, the cost of doing business will go up and this legislation will have a direct impact on Fairfield County. It's unclear the final package the legislature will be voting on at this time, but it's imperative lawmakers understand how their constituents feel. APRIL 2018 | HBRA of Fairfield County 17 Dear HBRA Members, You may have heard that the Connecticut Finance, Revenue & Bonding Committee passed a bill in support of the implementation of tolls in Connecticut. The vote tally can be viewed here. Now that they have voted it out of committee, the Speaker of the House indicated he would call it for a vote on the House floor before the legislative session ends on May 9th. What does this mean for you? The bill would give the Department of Transportation the authority to install tolls throughout the state. Contrary to public perception, it is illegal in Connecticut to place tolls only on the borders. One study suggested putting up electronic toll gantries at 12 places along I-95 between New Haven and the New York line, with ten tolling spots along the Merritt Parkway. At 50 cents per station on I-95, a one-way, peak hour trip from New Haven to New York would cost a driver $6.
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