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From Transport Topics. “In Connecticut, we don’t spend much of our road tax money, like fuel taxes and registration fees, on roads,” Sculley told Transport Topics. “If we did that, this issue would be addressed and this wouldn’t be as much of a problem.” To fund infrastructure projects more efficiently, Connecticut voters will encounter a…

Message from Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection. Thanks to all who submitted applications under Connecticut’s Diesel Emissions Mitigation Program and we appreciate your efforts to reduce diesel emissions in Connecticut! On July 31, 2018, the application deadline for the first round of funding under this program closed. DEEP received 56 grant applications, 30 of which are from…

MTAC recently announced the addition of a Capitol Reporters Panel to the MTAC Annual Meeting. MTAC is pleased to announce the addition of Susan Haigh of the Associated Press to the panel. Sue is the political writer and statehouse reporter for The Associated Press in Hartford, Connecticut, where she has worked since June 2002. She…

From WTNH (video includes comments attributed to MTAC). Ned Lamont chose the new train station in Meriden, along the new New Haven to Hartford to Springfield line, to announce his plans to expand the service, increase connections to Bradley Airport and install WiFi service on all the trains. Lamont says the plan will attract millennials and…

From CT News Junkie. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont stood on the state’s newly opened train platform in Meriden Tuesday and said he wants to see more frequent and regular rail service and plans to pay for it with a toll on out-of-state tractor trailer trucks. “They’re taking us right now to the cleaners,” Lamont…

From the New Haven Register. Many Connecticut businesses are in line for major savings on what they shell out annually for workers compensation insurance — a required cost of doing business — with carriers requesting state approval to cut a key rate calculation 16.8 percent next year on average. The proposed rate schedule by the…

Late last week, MTAC President Joe Sculley visited UPS in Stratford, Conn., along with MTAC Board member Axel Carrion, and State Representative Christopher Rosario (D-Bridgeport). Representative Rosario is a member of the Transportation Committee in the Connecticut General Assembly. MTAC strongly encourages members to invite their state legislators to visit their facilities. This is a…

Late last week, MTAC President Joe Sculley, along with MTAC Board member Helen Brooks, attended the grand opening of FedEx’s new facility in Middletown, CT. The Hartford Courant covered the event, and here is some of what their article has to say: FedEx Ground puts its combination of facilities on the site at 600,000 square…

By Bob Pitcher, State Laws Newsletter The State Laws Newsletter noted earlier that the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) Board has approved the UCR Handbook as official guidance for states and industry on many aspects of the program. The handbook is available at the UCR website noted above, and will be updated to reflect new Board…

From Fox 61 via AP: Connecticut governor contenders clash over tolls and taxes. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ned Lamont says he wants to impose tolls on just tractor trailers, but his Republican opponent claims that would lead to even more tolls down the road for Connecticut. Bob Stefanowski on Monday said “of course he’s going to…