This comprehensive plan crafted by East Bay legislators eliminates the rationale for tolls on the Sakonnet River Bridge, while also creating a responsible system to fund bridge maintenance across the State. Except for those with a vested interest in using economy-harming tolls as an unlimited "revenue stream" to fund redundant agencies, it's hard to see how any elected official can now justify defying the will of the people and reject this plan.
This plan gives our State officials an opportunity to not only eliminate an unpopular and destructive "tax", but to also meet a longstanding goal of creating a fair, sustainable means of maintaining our bridges. And it's an opportunity for all who oppose tolls and support responsible bridge-maintenance to let elected officials and candidates alike know that their stance on this issue will be remembered in 2014 and beyond.
http://www.heraldnews.com/article/20140211/NEWS/140218937
Brian Medeiros
Tiverton, RI
