View Full Version : Bridge Toll meetings


basswipe
12-03-2012, 04:39 PM
Sorry,I know this is a little late but I've been busy.

Tonight 7pm at PHS and tomorrow 7pm at THS.We need all the people we can muster.Can't let Chafee and Smith Hill shove this one up our a$$es.

I can't make PHS but I damn will be at the THS meeting.Hopefully Stinc will make a show.

striperman36
12-03-2012, 06:40 PM
I'm going tomorrow

PRBuzz
12-04-2012, 12:35 PM
NECN report:

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (AP) — A proposal to put tolls on the new Sakonnet River bridge between Portsmouth and Tiverton got a frigid reception as several hundred people packed a public meeting to oppose the plan.

Toll opponents turned out in force Monday night at an informational forum held by state officials at Portsmouth High School. Opponents say they've gathered more than 27,000 signatures against the tolls.

Officials with the Turnpike and Bridge Authority haven't said how much the tolls would be, but say they're needed for maintenance. Tolls on the Pell Bridge between Newport and Jamestown are $4 cash or 83 cents for state residents with E-ZPass.

Opponents insist the toll is unfair and would hurt small business owners.

Another hearing on the tolls is set for 7 p.m. Tuesday at Tiverton High School.