Proposed Verrazzano Bridge Toll Hike Drives Bay Ridge Mad
Motorists who balk at paying $17 to drive over the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge could have even more to complain about if a proposal by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to raise the toll to $19 is adopted.
The bridge toll hike, part of a package of transit fare increases the MTA is proposing, is sure to be among the items to be discussed at a public hearing the agency is holding on Mon., Dec. 10, at Long Island University, One University Plaza in downtown Brooklyn. The hearing, which will take place in the Kumble Theater, begins at 5 p.m.
The Brooklyn hearing is one of several public sessions the MTA is holding around the city to gauge public opinion. The proposed fare and toll increases, if approved by the MTA, would go into effect in March.