The Federal Highway Administration has approved Connecticut for a pilot program installing an electronic toll system.The program for so-called value-pricing bypasses a federal ban on federal highway tolls by offering an exemption that allows certain types of electronic tolls.
Value-pricing, or congestion pricing as it's sometimes called, assigns values for trips at different times and places for motorists to encourage driving at other times and places to reduce congestion.
The tolls can be placed on designated express lanes or along borders and sections of highway if the revenue generated finances public works improvements.
The Connecticut Post reports hundreds of opponents have taken the legislature's Transportation Committee’s website.
The study is focused on the New York corridor of Interstate 95 to New Haven and Interstate 84 around Hartford.
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