«We are going to have to provide a financial plan for the Thruway
Authority and for the bridge and we do that on an going basis,» he said, adding, «We don't want to get too
specific about a tolling plan until we know all the possible financing sources — the federal piece, the EFC piece that I think we all know about and then the settlement funds which
kind of thankfully was mana from heavan which a piece
of that can be invested in this very important infrastructure project.»
But significant incidents in prior decades had spurred
authorities to take other precautions, some incremental and some dramatic, intended to stave off
specific kinds of threats.