PAWTUCKET – The annual Trucking Association Executives Council industry conference that was expected to generate an estimated $1 million for Rhode Island has been moved from Newport to Rockport, Maine, due to the RhodeWorks legislation and its truck-only tolling program, according to the Rhode Island Trucking Association Monday.
The flagship four-day conference, now underway from July 15-18 in Rockport, books ample conference space and 1,600 hotel rooms, features sailing, golf and recreational events, and includes several upscale banquet events.
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“As one of the executives involved with 2018 site selection, I was strongly supportive of bringing this event and its substantial tourism dollars to Rhode Island,” said Christopher Maxwell, president and CEO of the Rhode Island Trucking Association, in a statement. “The event committee was in unanimous agreement to hold the event in Newport – we were actually ironing out the final event details and finalizing contracts. Unfortunately, the Raimondo administration, through its aggressive attacks and discriminatory policies, made it impossible to justify pumping approximately 1 million tourism dollars into a state so hostile toward our industry.”
Haley Hunt is a PBN contributing writer.
What a crock… so they are willing to pay tolls in NH and ME instead AND drive an extra 100 plus miles on their way to Rockport? We all will end up paying for the tolls since the tr