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Almost as farcical as the belief that Giner hasn't intended to toll cars ever since she was informed that tolling only trucks is illegal and unconstitutional is the way the construction companies have jumped on the "Trucks=Bad" bandwagon.
Anyone with a little knowledge of physics knows that construction vehicles such as dump trucks, cement mixers, etc. put more of a strain on infrastructure because of their heavy loads and short wheelbases- heavy load, small footprint. a tractor-trailer's load is spread out over 50+ feet, therefore spreading the weight over a longer linear footprint.
Of course the State, unions and Asphalt Mafia / Mafia have been in collusion for so long that you will never hear this from an elected official or the "Paper of Record".
As long as I can remember, a new major tax initiative (let's call the tolls what they are) was going to fix everything, as well as be "temporary"; I'm sure there are many out there who remember hearing the same story about the forming of the RI Lottery in 1974. If the tolls stay in force, expect the funds to be diverted to the Black Hole...er,um,...I mean, General Fund...in a few short years.
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