cross-subsidies

Massachusetts Treasurer says use of Turnpike tolls for toll-free I-93 "fundamentally unfair"

Posted on Mon, 2009-07-27 23:57

The Massachusetts treasurer Timothy Cahill has written a letter to the state Governor and the state Attorney-General in which he says the state should settle with litigants suing the Turnpike for refund of $400m in tolls on the grounds that they were unconstitutionally used for untolled sections of the Big Dig. The letter was leaked to the press today.

Not addressing the merits of the case BUT...