Herbst: Malloy's $10 Million Toll Study 'Ludicrous'

TRUMBULL, CT — Republican gubernatorial candidate Tim Herbst criticized Gov. Dannel Malloy's plan for a $10 million study on electronic tolling in Connecticut.

"This governor has demonstrated a pathological commitment to hiking taxes and fees on struggling Connecticut families and businesses," Herbst said. "Since the governor hasn't gotten his his way on tolls, he now proposes to waste huge sums of taxpayers money studying his fee-hiking pet project."

Malloy's executive order instructs the state Department of Transportation to look at tolling on I-95, I-91, I-84, the Wilbur Cross Parkway, the Merritt Parkway, and any other limited access highways. The study should come up with specific proposed toll charges.

It would also study ways to provide discounts, tax credits and other options to reduce Connecticut residential burden for paying for tolls. It would also look at ways to reduce the motor vehicle fuel tax, which is currently 25 cents per gallon.

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