That means two billion sucked out of peoples’ pockets. This is a tax, not a toll.
This will drive people out of the state, reducing the take, leading the dems to raise the rates, which will drive more to leave CT, and in response the legislature will raise the rates again, ... repeat until doomsday.
Connecticut is a small state with a lot of through traffic used by outsiders. It’s one of the rare cases where tolls might make sense politically. This is basically a tax on the residents of Rhode Island and Boston who will see the cost of their freight escalate substantially.