Montgomery County Councilmember Duchy Trachtenberg (D-At Large) criticized the Maryland Transportation Authority’s decision today to approve toll rates for the Inter-County Connector that will be among the highest in the United States.
“It is very disappointing that the MTA’s Board did not take into account the public’s deep concern about the burdensome toll rates proposed by the Authority, and has now approved a level of tolls that could discourage use of the road,” said Councilmember Trachtenberg. “I hope that the Authority will commit itself to reexamining the level of ICC tolls in the near future, so as to properly balance the public’s ability to access the ICC and the need to maintain good traffic flow with the requirements to pay off the project bonds. Now that the State has built the ICC, the County’s residents should be able to use it, without prohibitive cost.”
On November 17, 2009, the Montgomery County Council voted unanimously to recommend against the high ICC tolls rates that were being recommended by the MTA.
The MTA’s press release on the approved ICC tolls can be found at http://www.mdta.maryland.gov/News/NewsReleases2009#12172009a
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