Article: Irked senator pulls proposal to establish tolls for road needs.(Front)

Byline: CHRISTINA NUCKOLS

RICHMOND -- BY CHRISTINA NUCKOLS

THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

RICHMOND - A plan to raise money for Hampton Roads' top-priority road projects by collecting tolls on major bridges and tunnels was withdrawn Thursday by its frustrated patron.

"To hell with them," Senate Transportation Chairman Martin Williams, R-Newport News, said a day after delegates from Hampton Roads amended his legislation to set up a regional authority with no power to collect tolls. "I'm not dealing with them anymore."

The withdrawal by Williams of his bill, SB192, leaves the region with no clear method for generating roughly $9 billion ...

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