- Nova Scotia Will End Halifax Bridges Tolling Sooner Than Expected To Facilitate Toll Plaza Removal
- Trump Administration Is Withholding Funds For Vital Rhode Island Projects
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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Nova Scotia Will End Halifax Bridges Tolling Sooner Than Expected To Facilitate Toll Plaza Removal
PNI Atlantic News reports, tolling of Nova Scotia’s Angus Macdonald and A. Murray MacKay Bridges will end permanently on Monday, March 17, two weeks ahead of the previously announced date, the province and Halifax Harbour Bridges (HHB) announced today. According to HHB, the schedule change was made so work can begin this month on the removal of toll plaza infrastructure. Neither announcement “addressed the topic of where the money for bridge maintenance will now come from.”
The Macdonald Bridge will be the first to undergo conversion over the weekends starting Friday, March 14, and Friday, March 21, weather permitting. HHB chief executive Tony Wright commented, “Dismantling the toll plazas is a complex process. We are working with industry specialists and contractors to make sure the work proceeds as efficiently and safely as possible and as quickly as possible.” (Plans for the removal of toll plazas were first released yesterday.)
Remarks by Nova Scotia’s public works minister are included in CBC News coverage of this story.
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WPRI reports, Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee (D) is stepping up advocacy aimed at getting the Trump administration to release funding from grants awarded by USDOT for two vital interstate highway projects, including replacement of the westbound Washington Bridge span in Providence. The state was guaranteed hundreds of millions of dollars in aid from three federal programs during the Biden administration. However, executive orders issued by President Trump are preventing RIDOT from drawing down funds, even though it’s uncertain the executive orders were intended to apply to the transportation grants.
In a Tuesday letter to the president, McKee stated, “While we are confident that we should receive these grant funds, we need the federal government to expedite this signature process and make good on their commitment to Rhode Island.” However, according to WPRI, the letter also “signals ongoing uncertainty among Rhode Island leaders over whether the state will ever receive the funds.” RIDOT Director Peter Alviti has told state lawmakers he believes there are other sources of money for the projects, but using those resources would short-change funding for other infrastructure projects.
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