Anti-toll Group Salutes U.S. House of Representatives

The Alliance for Toll-Free Interstates (ATFI) has applauded the U.S. House for passing a multi-year highway and transit bill, the “Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2015” (STRR Act).

The group stated: “We are pleased that the House took into account its constituents’ vocal opposition to tolling existing interstates and did not expand the number of states eligible to impose new tolls under the Interstate System Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Pilot Program (ISRRPP).”

ATFI further noted that the STRR Act differs from the Senate’s DRIVE Act passed in July in two important ways that help prevent the tolling of existing interstates: the House bill requires states to have enabling legislation before the tolling pilot can be implemented and does not allow the diversion of toll funds for purposes other than improvements to the tolled road.

Not surprisingly, ATFI urges the House to reject any tolling expansion components of the Senate’s DRIVE Act.

Both bills add a provision that forces the ISRRPP slots to be transferred to new states after a short period of inactivity, a change that ATFI urges Congress to reconsider in conference.

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