The admission was the first acknowledgement by the Cuomo administration that
systemwide toll hikes are coming, but after the election.
«We have consistently said there will be
no systemwide toll increase to support the New Yew York Bridge project,» he said.
Not exact matches
He and the top budget officials in his administration have insisted
tolls on the Thruway
systemwide won't be increased after 2020 when a
toll freeze ends in order to pay for the bridge.
Cuomo announced in his state of the state address that the Thruway Authority would complete a
systemwide conversion to all - electronic, or cashless,
tolling by 2020.
Then the governor funneled $ 2 billion from state coffers to the Thruway Authority and froze
tolls systemwide through 2020.
The announcement comes as the state plans to begin cashless
tolling in Grand Island by the end of March and expand cashless
tolling systemwide by the end of 2020.