Mayor England: "I am firmly against using tolls as a method to finance the Bridges Project."

I asked Mayor England the same question as before: ""Can you explain your position on tolls for the Ohio River Bridges Project?" Here is his response.

I am firmly against using tolls as a method to finance the Ohio River Bridges Project.

The use of tolls has become so necessary because all three elements are in the project. This was a ploy by the opponents of East End Bridge to derail it by making it into a financial monster.

I am for building the East End Bridge first, using all available public funding without tolls. We should see this work, and build the 2nd and 3rd phases as necessary thereafter.

Even if we had all the money, the East End Bridge has to be built first -- a bridge to be used while others are being fixed. It is simple, as Indiana is in the process now of working on the east end approach.