OOIDA Call to Action - Mississippi Members
April 2, 2004

Heads up, Mississippi truckers! You need to contact your state representative about a bill that would create tolls along some roads and bridges in the state.

The bill passed the state Senate last month and has been forwarded to the House.

SB2063 authorizes the Mississippi Transportation Commission, county boards of supervisors and governing boards of municipalities to contract with private industry in the state to construct toll roads and bridges and collect the toll to pay off the investment.

The bill doesn’t spell out specific toll charges. That would be determined by MDOT.

It requires that alternative routes be available so drivers can avoid paying the tolls. Once the bonds for the project are paid off, the toll would be removed.

For your representative’s contact information, visit http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us, or call OOIDA’s Membership department at 1-800-444-5791 and they’ll look it up.