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PHLBOS:
Saw this article posted on FB's BostonRoads group:
RI is proposing to toll truck traffic on its highways including Interstates (95, 195, 295). 10 of the 14 gantries will be erected along Interstates.
Locations of proposed truck toll gantries released as Assembly convenes; see article for proposed locations.
--- Quote from: Opening paragraph ---PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Minutes after the first General Assembly session of 2016 convened Tuesday, Governor Raimondo released the preliminary locations of 14 gantries that would collect tolls from large commercial trucks under her proposed statewide bridge repair plan.
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If memory serves, Federal permission is required to place tolls on existing free interstates and the conditions for such that the toll revenue generated goes specifically for the roadway(s) being tolled and/or towards expansion(s) of said-highway(s) (i.e. Express-toll lanes).
Unless the Federal rules recently changed; I don't see how this proposal, in its current form, will fly.
doogie1303:
--- Quote from: PHLBOS on January 06, 2016, 09:04:43 AM ---Saw this article posted on FB's BostonRoads group:
RI is proposing to toll truck traffic on its highways including Interstates (95, 195, 295). 10 of the 14 gantries will be erected along Interstates.
Locations of proposed truck toll gantries released as Assembly convenes; see article for proposed locations.
--- Quote from: Opening paragraph ---PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Minutes after the first General Assembly session of 2016 convened Tuesday, Governor Raimondo released the preliminary locations of 14 gantries that would collect tolls from large commercial trucks under her proposed statewide bridge repair plan.
--- End quote ---
If memory serves, Federal permission is required to place tolls on existing free interstates and the conditions for such that the toll revenue generated goes specifically for the roadway(s) being tolled and/or towards expansion(s) of said-highway(s) (i.e. Express-toll lanes).
Unless the Federal rules recently changed; I don't see how this proposal, in its current form, will fly.
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The whole idea of tolling trucks only was a poorly thought out idea, as far as I can tell, no other state exclusively tolls only one type of motor vehicle while letting other vehicles use the same road free of charge. The trucks are just going to go around RI and they will start tolling cars (even though they "promise" not to ... yeah right) because they will have invested in all the tolling equipment and will need to pay for it somehow.
As far as tolling interstates, if they do get permission, I think you're correct that the tolls collected can only be used on that particular piece of roadway, and I believe it will not be eligible for federal highway funds anymore, since that's what the collected tolls will be for (no double dipping).
KEVIN_224:
This brings up a good question: Has Rhode Island ever had toll roads, outside of the Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge? :hmmm:
Beeper1:
The Mount Hope Bridge used to have a toll, but that was made toll free in the mid/late 90s. The old Jamestown Bridge was tolled until sometime in the 60s. I think it became toll-free when the Newport Bridge opened with it's toll.
Other than those bridges, I don't think it has had any toll roads. There were plans in the 50s for a "Rhode Island Turnpike" that would have roughly followed the RI-138 corridor from Tiverton to the CT line near Richmond, but it was never built.
PHLBOS:
--- Quote from: doogie1303 on January 12, 2016, 06:06:00 PM ---The whole idea of tolling trucks only was a poorly thought out idea, as far as I can tell, no other state exclusively tolls only one type of motor vehicle while letting other vehicles use the same road free of charge.
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The Spring Valley toll gantry along the northbound NY Thruway (I-87/287), just west of the Garden State Parkway interchange (Exit 14A) doesn't charge a toll for passenger cars (it originally did way back when).
Fixed Carrier Cash Toll Rates (see No. 14, 2L)
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