Interstate Compacts: Transparency and Oversight of Bi-State Tolling Authorities Could Be Enhanced
Description:
A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "Bi-state tolling authorities have broad authority to set toll rates and use revenues for a range of purposes, including maintaining, repairing, and improving their infrastructure. In setting tolls, bi-state tolling authorities are primarily influenced by debt obligations and maintain specific operating revenues to repay their debt. A federal statute requiring bridge tolls to be "just and reasonable" has…
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Date:
August 15, 2013
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department