Senate Passes Tolls Amendment to Highway Bill

The Senate late Tuesday passed an amendment to the federal highway bill that would eliminate a 3-state toll pilot program created in 1998, American Trucking Associations reported on its Web site.

The amendment’s sponsors agreed to a request by Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) to allow Virginia to continue the application process, already under way, to build tolled truck lanes on Interstate-81, ATA said in an action alert to its members.

The application must be approved by the Federal Highway Administration before I-81 can be tolled, the group said.

The Senate is currently undergoing deliberations to the federal highway bill, which was passed by the House March 10.

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