With $30 million in promised state aid to towns already months overdue, local leaders say seasonal demands can’t wait for resolution of tolls debate.
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Build now, pay later? It’s not going to be that easy.
Gov. Lamont proposes federal financing to tempt toll-averse lawmakers to back his transportation plan, but will it work?
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Lamont’s family fight with Dems over borrowing priorities
On this issue, Republicans are ready to back the Democratic governor.
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Baker, Raimondo, urge Lamont to persist with transportation rebuild
Gov. Ned Lamont was urged by his neighboring chief executives to embrace persistence Tuesday in his bid to establish tolls and rebuild Connecticut’s transportation infrastructure.
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Lamont would ease ‘debt diet’ in final push for tolls
The governor is asking fellow Democrats to consider a scaled-back proposal that only would place tolls only in strategic locations.
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Lamont threatens to clamp down on borrowing if tolls not approved
The governor said he’d consider shifting more borrowing capacity away from non-transportation initiatives to support Connecticut’s highways, bridges and rail lines.
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An unenthusiastic response to Lamont’s tolls reboot
The legislature appears no closer to returning in special session to address the governor’s proposal to place tolls on the Merritt Parkway and Interstates 84, 91 and 95.
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At next stop, Lamont wants lawmakers on board
Gov. Ned Lamont on tolls and lawmakers: “I’m asking them to make a tough vote that’s going to really be for the long-term future of the state, not immediate gratification.”
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Lamont plans a quick pivot to talks on tolls
Gov. Ned Lamont wants to open high-level talks on tolls no later than next week.
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Hope for new federal highway bill dims, but CT ‘not ready’ for it anyway
If a new federal infrastructure bill gives Connecticut more transportation money, the state would be hard pressed to come up with its match.
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Lamont leaves tolls for special session
Gov. Ned Lamont said Tuesday his focus for the final two weeks of session is the budget, not tolls.
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No hard count on tolls, but plenty of spin
Gov. Ned Lamont’s first-year priority of returning highway tolls to Connecticut remains a work in progress, complicating efforts to corral a majority — and generating a day of political spin.
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Lamont talks tolls to Dems: ‘I know I put you in a tough vote’
Gov. Ned Lamont simultaneously delivered an apology and pep talk to the House Democratic caucus Wednesday night. The subject was tolls.
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Lamont ratchets up pressure for vote on tolls
The governor also said he would support the transfer of $100 million per year from other programs to transportation. t
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Lamont willing to compromise on transportation — if tolls are involved
With less than a month left in the legislative session, Gov. Ned Lamont made an appeal for compromise on tolls.