Connecticut Governor Proposes Trucking Mileage Tax
Tractor-trailers would be taxed based on the trucks weight and the miles traveled within Connecticut, if the state governor gets his way.
February 16, 2021
Tractor-trailers would be taxed based on the trucks weight and the miles traveled within Connecticut, if the state governor gets his way.
February 16, 2021
Connecticut governor Ned Lamont said he believes the truck-only toll plan could bring as much as $180 million into the state's coffers annually.
January 29, 2020
Taking a cue from Rhode Island, neighboring Connecticut is signaling that it too will soon target heavy trucks at toll stations on highways in the state.
November 26, 2018
Millions of dollars in settlements from the VW diesel emissions cheating scandal will be made available for clean vehicle technology in California and Connecticut.
June 5, 2018
TruStar Energy has opened a large, time-fill compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station designed and built for privately held refuse hauler All Waste Inc. in Hartford, Conn., the fueling infrastructure developer announced.
October 5, 2015
Michael J. Riley is retiring from his post as the president of the Motor Transport Association of Connecticut after 29 years.
February 3, 2015
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy has signed legislation creating the Connecticut Port Authority, which will act as a quasi-public agency to market and coordinate the development of the state’s ports and maritime economy.
June 18, 2014
After moving more than 12 cents higher per gallon over the past three years, Connecticut’s diesel tax is set to drop slightly on July 1.
May 28, 2014
While record-setting cold weather has let up across many affected portions of the United States, the number of waivers to trucking rules issued by states continues growing.
January 10, 2014
In Connecticut a new law that went into affect on Dec. 31 requiring commercial motor vehicles remove snow and ice from hoods, trunks and roofs or their operators will face fines ranging from $75 to $1,250.
January 6, 2014
The end is in sight for a construction project along Interstate 95 that’s been going on in Connecticut for more than a decade. An I-95 southbound traffic shift marks the completion of Stage 2B construction of NHHC and the start of Stage 3 construction, two months ahead of the original schedule,
August 6, 2013
The tax will move 3.7 cents per gallon higher to 54.9 and maintaining the state’s title of having the highest diesel tax in the nation. The increases follow two totaling 8.6 cents per gallon the previous two years.
June 18, 2013
More than 25 years after Connecticut got rid of tolls along its highways, plans are under consideration to bring them back.
February 25, 2013