Laconia Prison and the State Budget

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Originally Posted by M/V_Bear_II

I stand corrected. I either am totally unaware of toll costs in the eastern part of the state, or that includes some MA tolls. Either way, that's a big bill, and you would certainly be helped.

For the record, since it appears you may have misunderstood, my original point was not that frequent users like you don't deserve the cap - it was that with the increase, the cap wouldn't actually help.

And another aside - I'm not sure that NH would be able to get away with capping bills accrued in other states, unless they're willing to pay the other states back. So that part of the proposition seems weird to me.

What I described was NH only tolls. There are no MA tolls on my route. And yes, NH would have no right to cap tolls paid in another state. But, then again, Governor Patrick wants our merchants to collect his sales taxes, doesn't he? The Hampton tolls on I95 are $1.50 each way. If a commuter just passed through those tolls to-and-from work, that would be $3 per day, or $15 per week, or $60 per month. Subtract $18 for the current 30% discount and that person is still paying $42 per month for going through just one toll plaza!