Posts by MTAC Staff

From the Record Journal. House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, D-Berlin, a strong advocate for tolls, said the report didn’t do anything to change his stance.  “Frankly, there isn’t a lot of new information here that wasn’t already out there before,” he said. “The real question that remains is what’s the best way to fund our significant…

From WSHU. Connecticut Governor-elect Ned Lamont said that he is still focused on pushing for a truck-only highway toll, despite a state Department of Transportation study released last week that showed tolling all vehicles would generate as much as $1 billion a year. The DOT study said trucks would generate 29 percent of that revenue,…

From CT Post. Rhode Island’s early success with electronic truck tolls on several highways may offer a road map for Governor-elect Ned Lamont’s plan to generate revenue in Connecticut. Since two toll gantries were installed over a section of I-95 in June, Rhode Island has exceeded revenue projections, bringing in $1.9 million in the first…

On Monday, Nov. 11, MTAC President Joe Sculley was a guest on the Lee Elci Show. They discussed infrastructure, tolls, taxes and fees paid by the trucking industry, the prospect of a mileage tax, and how road tax money is spent, among other things. An archived version of the interview can be found below. Joe…

Message from CT DEEP. On November 14, 2018, Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced that the State of Connecticut is making available $12.2 million dollars from the Volkswagen (VW) settlement to fund ten clean air projects in the state. Connecticut is one of the first states in the nation to make these funds available for a variety…

From CT Mirror. State tax revenue projections surged again Tuesday, shrinking the projected shortfall in the upcoming two-year budget — and leaving Connecticut with nearly $2.1 billion in reserves to combat the deficit. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s budget staff and the legislature’s nonpartisan Office of Fiscal Analysis upgraded revenue projections for the upcoming biennium by…

From Transport Topics. Winter weather brings one of the trucking industry’s greatest simultaneous friends and foes: road salt. Salt prevents and melts ice, making road surfaces safer for travel, but it also significantly speeds corrosion of a truck. If left unchecked, corrosion can create dangerous conditions within key truck components, such as the electrical system.…

From CT Mirror. Voters overwhelmingly ratified two amendments to the state Constitution Tuesday, including a new legal “lockbox” to safeguard funds earmarked for Connecticut’s transportation program. Voters also ratified a second amendment that would prohibit the legislature from selling, conveying, or swapping state land or buildings without first holding a public hearing. Though final numbers…

From Hartford Courant. With Democrat Ned Lamont winning the race for governor, Democrats also captured a stunning victory in legislative races, seizing a solid majority in the state Senate and potentially increasing their majority in the state House by a dozen seats, unofficial election results showed Wednesday. The results signaled a growing rout for Republicans…

From Fleet Owner. One year after Class 8 truck orders started to surge, preliminary North American order data for October surpassed 40,000 units for the eighth month in a row, according to two research firms that track orders. FTR reports preliminary North American Class 8 orders for October at 43,000 units and ACT Research reports…