>Pols pooh-pooh ‘absurd’ Port Authority scheme demanding $15 tolls at Hudson River crossings
BY KENNETH LOVETT AND JONATHAN LEMIRE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Sunday, August 7th 2011, 4:00 AM
The head of the state Senate’s Transportation Committee Saturday slammed the Port Authority’s proposal to nearly double tolls at the three Hudson River crossings – and demanded that Govs. Cuomo and Chris Christie halt the hike.
The plan would deliver a painful blow to drivers, who would be forced to pay $15 next month to enter the city through the George Washington Bridge and the Holland and Lincoln tunnels. Tolls now are $8 for cash-paying drivers.
“The Port Authority’s proposal to dramatically raise tolls is both absurd and insulting to the overburdened residents and businesses who will be forced to pay substantially more to use the bridges and tunnels,” said Sen. Charles Fuschillo (R-Nassau).
Fuschillo, who chairs the powerful Transportation Committee, could call hearings to investigate the plan, but even he acknowledged that it would be up to the governors of New York and New Jersey to stop it.
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