Connecticut’s transportation building program is on a financial diet after a five-year ramp-up after lawmakers rejected tolls.
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Best of 2020: Broken promises to fund transportation defined last 15 years
Connecticut’s transportation program has been riddled for more than a decade by broken funding promises from both political parties.
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Will CT legislators raise the gas tax? With tax rates now below the national average, it’s possible
Once among the nation’s highest, Connecticut’s gas taxes now rank below average among all states.
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CT can delay its transportation financing debate only a few months more
With revenues evaporating and upgrades long overdue, Connecticut will have to act soon to solve its transportation financing problems.
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Lamont to cancel tax relief, seek labor savings to shrink $2B deficit in July
Gov. Ned Lamont said he would cancel tax relief and seek labor savings to mitigate a big deficit in July.
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Broken promises to fund transportation defined last 15 years
Connecticut’s transportation program has been riddled for more than a decade by broken funding promises from both political parties.
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Gasoline taxes are on the rise — just not in CT
Connecticut hasn’t raised gasoline taxes in six years, but motorists crossing the border during this long holiday weekend still could face rising prices at the pump.
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CT diesel fuel taxes climb for the second year in a row
Truck drivers and other motorists who buy diesel fuel in Connecticut began paying an extra 2.6 cents per gallon this week — their second increase in two summers.
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Plan to revitalize CT runs into doubters of all persuasions
A much-anticipated report on stabilizing state finances and jump-starting Connecticut’s economy isn’t likely to get far before legislators adjourn in early May to run for re-election.
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Malloy seeks tolls, gas-tax hike to rebuild transportation network
Connecticut roads, bridges and rail lines are falling into disrepair, the governor said. “And we have failed to build that world-class transportation system that has been built and is in the process of being built in the states around us.”
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Malloy, Fasano heat up transportation debate
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and the state Senate’s top Republican intensified their debate Tuesday over an issue expected to be the focal point in Malloy’s final budget proposal: transportation.
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Rojas to propose 4-cent hike in CT gasoline tax
Unless some action is taken during the regular 2018 session — which begins Feb. 7 — the House chairman of the General Assembly’s tax-writing panel said he’s convinced capital projects will stall, rail and bus fares will rise, and key transit services will be canceled.
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Malloy ready to stall hundreds of transportation projects
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy continued to set the stage Wednesday for a landmark 2018 transportation finance debate, outlining nearly 400 capital projects worth $4.3 billion that would be suspended over the next five years because of inadequate funding.
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CT transportation system at risk of dramatic contraction
Connecticut’s cash-starved transportation program would need to scrap some rail services, drive up fares, suspend 40 percent of planned capital projects and defer major highway rebuilds like the Hartford Viaduct, to remain solvent over the next five years, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration has warned Wall Street.
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CT transportation funding: Something for everyone to hate
I hate to say “I told you so,” but… just as I’d predicted, Gov. Dannel Malloy’s hand-picked Transportation Finance Panel has finally issued its recommendations for paying for the governor’s 30-year, $100 billion transportation “plan.” Interestingly, as it began work last summer, the Transportation Finance Panel wasn’t allowed to debate the merits of anything in the governor’s “plan,” so all they could do was suggest how to fund the whole thing.