Read this article and decide for yourself whether RI Turnpike & Bridge Authority is primarily concerned with the needs and financial well-being of the people of RI, or the financial needs of RITBA. They aren't looking to charge what's needed for bridge maintenance. They are looking to charge whatever they decide RITBA needs to fund its operations, most of which have NOTHING to do with the Sakonnet River Bridge. This is why they look to raise $20 million/year from tolls when SRB maintenance is less than $2 million/year.
Even if you buy the hypocritical argument that bridge users should solely pay for maintenance (hypocritical since only East Bay residents & businesses would be forced to fund maintenance this way), how can anyone justify making SRB users pay for the $2 million in SRB maintenance, PLUS another $18 million of RITBA's budget? Anyone who supports the Sakonnet Toll should be required to answer these simple questions about the fairness and logic of the tolls, not to mention the economic destructiveness.
http://www.heraldnews.com/news/x273433759/At-a-dime-per-car-RIBTA-looks-for-a-way-to-turn-a-Sakonnet-Bridge-toll-profit#axzz2YqJluqQZ
Brian Medeiros
Tiverton, RI
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