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Supervisors approve placing measure to raise bridge tolls on ballot

Original post made on Mar 20, 2018

The county Board of Supervisors has authorized placing a measure on the June 5 ballot asking voters in all nine Bay Area counties to approve toll increases on major Bay Area bridges to fund improvements for regional traffic problems.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 10:58 AM

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Posted by Menlo Resident
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Mar 20, 2018 at 12:42 pm

Ugh. For those of us that commute across the Dumbarton or San Mateo bridge, how is this fair? Soak the commuters with new taxes that go to pay for benefits they cannot access. There is no BART across either bridge, nor is there a ferry, and using the taxes for north bay road improvements is also not helpful. If taxes are needed, apply them to a broader group that at least overlaps with the group receiving the benefit of the taxes.

Originally, the bridge tolls were to pay for the cost of the bridge, not be a cash cow for other projects.

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