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  • Federal bills introduced to prevent tolls

    10/31/2007 6:43:35 PM PDT · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 18 replies · 153+ views
    eTrucker ^ | October 31 | Jill Dunn
    U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa, has introduced the Toll Road Prohibition Act, the latest bill designed to prevent tolling on federally built highways. HR 3802, introduced Oct. 10, would require states and cities to repay the U.S. government all federal funds used for construction of highways, bridges or tunnels, along with “reasonable interest,” before introducing tolls. “The American people should not be required to pay for the same highway twice, once through their tax dollars and again through new tolls on federal interstate highways,” Boswell said. The legislation would not prohibit the states from entering into public-private toll agreements, but...