According to the Danbury News Times, Gov. Malloy is proposing privatizing highways as one option to fund his $100 billion transportation improvement plan. This would also put the state on the path towards electronic tolls.

Other states have formed partnerships with private companies to maintain highways and operate toll systems in order to help with financial struggles the state may be having.

However, there have been some drawbacks other states have seen. One example is that the tolls went up.

Malloy explained that the state has to find a way to fund fixing its aging infrastructure and said that the state cannot rely on federal money or the declining gas tax revenue.

The finance panel has until the end of the summer to come up with recommendations to finance a major overhaul of the state's infrastructure. This includes rail upgrades, widening I-95 and I-84 to relieve congestion, and build new bike and pedestrian lanes.

What do you think? Is this a good plan for Connecticut?

For more details, see the full article from the Danbury News Times.

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