Gov. Ned Lamont is anticipating raising $90 million annually from taxing trucks weighing more than 26,000 pounds for the number of miles driven in the state once the proposed tax fully takes effect. The proposed highway user tax was a focus of a legislative hearing Wednesday on the nearly $3.4 billion revenue package supporting the two-year, $46 billion budget plan that Lamont presented to the legislature in February. The Lamont administration is estimating the truck tax will allow for capital investments of $1 billion over the next five years for funding needed safety, traffic congestion and modernization projects. The Motor Transport Association Association of Connecticut submitted an estimate Wednesday from Bozzutos that the proposed tax will cost the Cheshire-based company $1.3 million annually.
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