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Dextrous456 t1_j22977p wrote

They did away with a 10 cent toll on a bridge to Aquidneck Island years ago, thanks to political pressure. So the daily users of that bridge (I think it was Mount Hope) spread the maintenance cost of the bridge to the rest of the state, including many people who will never, ever cross that bridge in a car. It's ridiculous that we don't toll the people actually using the roads, while the many (mostly urban dwelling) taxpayers who don't drive are forced to pay for them through taxes.

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