While some support tolls to fund improvements to the state’s highways and bridges, others want more details on the plan and some are worried about the potential clogging of local roads and financial impact to residents. The proposal calls for funding 14 infrastructure projects — including the rehabilitation of the northbound span of the Gold Star Memorial Bridge between New London and Groton and improvements to the Interstate 95 Exit 74 interchange with Route 161 in East Lyme — through revenue from new overhead electronic toll gantries.
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