THE AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS has filed a complaint in U.S. District Court alleging that the truck tolls recently enacted in Rhode Island are unconstitutional. / BLOOMBERG FILE PHOTO/SAM HODGSON
PROVIDENCE – The American Trucking Association has filed a complaint against Peter Alviti Jr. and the R.I. Department of Transportation, alleging that the new truck toll system violates the U.S Constitution’s Commerce Clause, the ATA announced Tuesday afternoon. The complaint, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, argues that the tolls…