

Opposition to tolls in state is mystifying

I find opposition to tolls in Connecticut puzzling. Why would Connecticut residents wish to bear all the costs of our roads and bridges? Why would we not want drivers from out of state to pay for the use of our roads? Why would we not want the benefit of congestion pricing, which would help reduce […]


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  1. Well said!
    Makes no sense to ignore a method of having outsiders pitch in for use of CT. highways.
    This should be obvious.

  2. When they roll back the entire state income tax, not a half baked offer to get the tolls in……by the way this is a mileage tax not a toll as there are stations planned every 6.6 miles. You want a toll find 5 spots and put in 5 that should be it…Other states don’t have 50 toll gantries. Plus once there in the rates will continue to go up and they
    will like all this “free” money. Also try to use the existing money that is being wasted.

  3. You make some good points, but tolls will be on top of all the taxes on fuel, etc. we are paying already, so it doesn’t lessen our tax burden, only adds to it! The income tax reduction Lamont claims, is insignificant and will not affect the majority of low income wage earners, since they already pay no state income tax. An elderly relative living in a rural southwest part of the state pays no state or federal income tax because of their low income, but will have to pay an estimated $300-400 in tolls each year to visit children and grandchildren in MA. So hell no, they don’t want any stinking tolls!

  4. It has just as much to do with a lack of trust in the Connecticut government. Reduce or eliminate the gas tax and I will vote for tolls. Hardly any of those funds goes toward the roads anyway. Law or no law, do you think the same will happen to the toll “tax”?

  5. Ah … but people that do not use the highways do benefit from the highways. Just how do you think all of the merchandize ends up on store shelfs? By way of the highways. So if you shop for anything, then you need highways. You should pay for the highways.

  6. Congestion pricing is a ruse. Do you think anyone will sit outside a gantry until congestion pricing goes out of affect? And if everyone did so, then wouldn’t other times then become congested? … which would require the state to change the times for congestion pricing … which would then change people’s behavior … which would then change the state’s behavior again, and again, and again?

  7. If tolls are put on highways, I will not drive on any highway with tolls. I refuse to pay tolls to the state which already taxes us too much. And if trucks have to pay all these tolls, then prices for EVERYTHING will have to go up to cover the additional costs of transporting goods. This hurts everyone in CT and no one should be in favor of tolls.

  8. Corrupt so called legislators continue to legislate unsustainable policies. Confiscating in any way possible money residents don’t have left after they have been fleeced to the bone. If anybody believes tolls will fund roads I”m sure there is a bridge Lamont will sell you at a really good price. The lack of common sense and continuing to elect this cabal of corrupt lying thieves has cost this state dearly. It is more than “mystifying” that so many continue to fall for the shell game, as we circle the drain, do nothing to reign in spending and legislate more unsustainable legislation. We have enabled this deceit and destruction and bear the blame, the left can’t help itself and we should have figured that out by now. It is obvious we have NOT.

  9. What’s mystifying to me is that public sector workers make 30% more than private sector workers. Be honest, they are AT LEAST 30% less efficient. I spent 3 1/2 hours at the DMV getting a verified license the other day. I couldn’t move that slow if I tried. CT would have more than enough money if they privatized public services. The roads would be perfect. Problem solved.

  10. Additional taxes sent to a party who has mismanaged the funds for the past 40 years is mystifying?

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