Budget Amendment ID: FY2018-S3-1006-R1

Redraft TRP 1006

Tolling Study

Messrs. McGee, Cyr, Boncore and Brownsberger, Ms. Creem and Ms. Lovely moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section 100 the following section:-

“SECTION 100A. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall provide an update of the comprehensive tolling plan for additional interstate and limited access state highways within the commonwealth, which was required by sections 67 and 74 of chapter 46 of the acts of 2013 and filed with the senate and house committees on ways and means and the joint committee on transportation in December 2013. The updated plan shall consider: (i) current and potential federal tolling rules and regulations; (ii) the impacts of and possibilities provided by the implementation of all electronic tolling in the commonwealth; (iii) the feasibility of reaching interstate or regional agreements for the placement of additional tolls on the borders; (iv) the feasibility of mileage-based user fees, including a pilot program and best practices from other states; (v) congestion pricing and dynamic pricing; and (vi) regional toll equity including, but not limited to, expanding the definition of the metropolitan highway system to include the following: (1) state highway route 2 from interstate highway route 95 to the Alewife Brook parkway; (2) interstate highway route 93 from the southernly terminus of the central artery to, and including, the interchange of interstate highway route 93 and interstate highway route 95 in the town of Canton; (3) interstate highway route 93 from the northernly terminus of the central artery to, and including, the interchange of interstate highway route 93 and interstate highway route 95 in the towns of Reading and Stoneham and in the city of Woburn; (4) interstate highway route 95 from, and including, the interchange with interstate highway route 93 in the town of Canton and to, and including, the interchange with interstate highway route 93 in the towns of Reading and Stoneham and in the city of  Woburn; and (5) United States highway route 1 extending from the terminus of the central artery north area to, and including, the interchange of United States highway route 1 and interstate highway route 95 in the city of Peabody. The department shall file the updated plan with the clerks of the senate and house of representatives and with the chairs of the joint committee on transportation not later than January 31, 2018.”.