RITA: Truck tolling cost R.I. $1M in tourism

THE RHODE ISLAND TRUCKING ASSOCIATION says the annual Trucking Association Executives Council conference, which was estimated to generate $1 million in tourism, has moved from Newport to Rockport, Maine, due to the Ocean State's RhodeWorks truck-tolling policies.
THE RHODE ISLAND TRUCKING ASSOCIATION says the annual Trucking Association Executives Council conference, which was estimated to generate $1 million in tourism, has moved from Newport to Rockport, Maine, due to the Ocean State's RhodeWorks truck-tolling policies.
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…

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  1. 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