In the lead-up to a potential December special session for Gov. Ned Lamont’s transportation plan that would implement tolls on trucks, No Tolls CT generated hundreds of emails from Connecticut residents to Democratic senators expressing their opposition to any plan that included tolls. The grassroots organization picked three senators per ...
Democratic leaders in the House of Representatives on Tuesday brought the toll debate full circle in Connecticut, tell the press yesterday that Connecticut should toll only trucks, something Gov. Ned Lamont campaigned on in 2018, only to reverse his position once in office. House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, D-Berlin, and House ...
Gov. Ned Lamont is given a tough greeting by toll protesters from No Tolls CT as he arrives at the Capitol building. Democratic senators are filmed being met with jeers of “No tolls,” as they head for the caucus room; television cameras and news reporters swarm in the hallway interviewing ...
Gov. Ned Lamont released his CT2030 website on Thursday after unveiling his ten-year transportation plan at a meeting at Jackson Laboratories in Farmington. The website allows the public to see details of the governor’s plan for highways, bridges and mass transit, lists projects to be completed and funding sources. Noticeably ...
Connecticut ranked 44th in the nation for “highway performance and cost-effectiveness,” in Reason Foundation’s annual study of transportation spending across all fifty states. While Connecticut scored well for fatality rates and pavement conditions, the state’s costs per mile sank its overall ranking. Connecticut remained dead last in the nation for ...
No Tolls CT, a grassroots organization opposed to plans by Gov. Ned Lamont and Democrat leaders to put tolls on Connecticut’s highways, delivered a message to the governor today – actually, they delivered about 100,000 messages. Patrick Sasser and a small group of activists presented petition signatures from Connecticut residents ...