Malloy's Gas Tax And Toll Proposal Has Democratic Support

[TexasTowelie]

HARTFORD, CT — In the last year of his term, Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is calling for a 7-cent increase in the gas tax and the establishment of electronic highway tolls by 2023.

Malloy is also asking the legislature to approve the establishment of a $3-per-tire fee and acceleration of the transfer of car sale taxes by two years to the Special Transportation Fund, which will be insolvent in the next two years if the legislature takes no action.

Malloy made the announcement Wednesday in the Old Judiciary Room of the state Capitol.

It’s the first time in his eight year tenure that Malloy, who isn’t seeking re-election, has proposed tolls. In the past, Malloy had never ruled out tolls, however, he never explicitly proposed them until now.

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[dem4decades]

1. Come on Danny Boy, let's get in on that pot tax. Make it legal.

[madinmaryland]

2. I'll agree with the gas tax and tire tax to bring in additional revenue, but tolls won't work

CT's roads are already death traps. All three interstates really would not support tolls. They had them until the mid 80's on I95, but got rid of them due to the high numbers of accidents at them.

[George II]

3. The toll proposal calls for electronic tolls, not toll booths. Back in the 1980s there were....

...nine or ten individual toll booths on I-95 and six or seven on the Merritt Parkway. That will never happen again.

A gas tax in Connecticut will be a tax primarily on state residents. Connecticut is less than 100 miles across. If the gas tax is increased the truckers, who do the most damage to our roads, will fuel up before entering the state and make it across on barely a quarter tank of fuel. They won't stop in the state to buy fuel, eat lunch, or anything. The only way we can get revenue from out-of-staters who use our roads is through tolls.