Toll Equity Trust Blog

The march toward toll equity hasn’t been exactly a speedy one for the people shouldering the huge burden of paying not only for the roads they are driving, but also the Big Dig roads everyone north and south of Boston drives for free.

But the last few months (since May 8, when we filed this class action lawsuit) have been momentous ones for our cause and the voices of reform and basic fairness keep growing louder and louder. (more…)

From State House News Service article:

[Rep. Lori Ehrlich (D-Marblehead)] says the fundamental issues that require solutions are toll equity – easing the burden of Big Dig funding on Metrowest and North Shore tollpayers – and the potential unconstitutionality of using nearly 60 cents of every toll dollar to cover Big Dig costs rather than the cost of turnpike services.

“It’s up to our elected leaders to clear away the smoke so our citizens do not confuse the fundamental requirement for toll equity with the needed discussion of how we can fairly share the Big Dig burden,” Ehrlich writes in a piece to be published in a Marblehead newspaper Thursday.

When you are contacting the Transportation Conference Committee Members and your state representatives, insisting on toll equity in the Transportation Reform Bill, be sure to include links to the following editorials, or mention them in your phone call:

• Marblehead Reporter - Editorial: Limiting the diversion of Pike tolls
• The Herald News - Our View: Road tolls are not taxes
• MetroWest Daily News - Editorial: Limiting the diversion of Pike tolls

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