Post by Logan on Feb 5, 2016 1:58:45 GMT -6
Toll proposal: Truckers say plan will put many out of business or force them out of R.I.
PROVIDENCE — Trucking company M&D Transportation of North Kingstown has more than 40 employees and $6 million in gross revenue, all of it from customers based outside of Rhode Island, co-founder Michael Collins told state lawmakers Thursday.
The company used to have Rhode Island-based customers, Collins said, but they have all gone elsewhere because of the high cost of doing business.
If Rhode Island creates a network of tolls on large commercial trucks, Collins said it will likely send M&D out of the state as well.
"The 'toll' proposal will cost my business in excess of $200,000 annually and will ultimately put us out of business or force us to leave the state," Collins wrote in a pamphlet on behalf of the Rhode Island Trucking Association. "I will not let you put me out of business so I will choose the [latter] if we have to."
Read more: www.providencejournal.com/news/20160204/toll-proposal-truckers-say-plan-will-put-many-out-of-business-or-force-them-out-of-ri
PROVIDENCE — Trucking company M&D Transportation of North Kingstown has more than 40 employees and $6 million in gross revenue, all of it from customers based outside of Rhode Island, co-founder Michael Collins told state lawmakers Thursday.
The company used to have Rhode Island-based customers, Collins said, but they have all gone elsewhere because of the high cost of doing business.
If Rhode Island creates a network of tolls on large commercial trucks, Collins said it will likely send M&D out of the state as well.
"The 'toll' proposal will cost my business in excess of $200,000 annually and will ultimately put us out of business or force us to leave the state," Collins wrote in a pamphlet on behalf of the Rhode Island Trucking Association. "I will not let you put me out of business so I will choose the [latter] if we have to."
Read more: www.providencejournal.com/news/20160204/toll-proposal-truckers-say-plan-will-put-many-out-of-business-or-force-them-out-of-ri