With the House having overwhelmingly passed the budget, and the Senate poised to do the same, the years-long Sakonnet tolls saga seems to be nearing an end (link below).
The fact that this toll-collection equipment was purchased and installed before the issue was resolved, and is now to become just a phenomenal waste of money, is the perfect metaphor for a bad idea that never should have gotten to this point.
Hopefully this infrastructure-funding process proposed and brought to fruition through the dogged efforts of our East Bay Representatives & Senators is the start of a new approach at the State House, and the silver lining in a very dark cloud that's been hanging over the East Bay.
Brian Medeiros
Tiverton, RI
http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20140612-banning-tolls-on-sakonnet-river-bridge-raises-questions-about-what-happens-next.ece
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