Conn. senator questions rest stop deal

By ConnPolitics.tv Staff on Dec 14, 2009 | In News | 6 feedbacks »

Stamford (AP) – A Connecticut lawmaker is questioning whether the state will get its fair share of income under a deal letting a contractor run the state’s 23 highway rest areas.

The state Department of Transportation this fall signed a contract in which Project Services LLC will upgrade and manage the rest stops. A Connecticut fuel distributor will sell gas and run convenience stores at the stops.

State Sen. Andrew McDonald is asking the state Office of Legislative Research for more information about the state’s share of the profits. He questions whether the 35-year contract’s projections are accurate.

The deal gives Connecticut at least $248 million from the sale of gas and other products at the rest areas, plus at least $178.3 million for the renovations.

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Information from: The Advocate

Comment from: Get Real [Visitor] Email
That means that the rest stops must overcharge by a certain amount as to give the state its "share" - ummmm... I thought that taxes (sales) was the State's share.... how un Amerikan of me.
Hail Obama!
12/14/09 @ 14:15
Comment from: Pat [Visitor] Email
What exactly is a "fair share" by McDonald's measure? All of it +10%?
12/14/09 @ 15:16
Comment from: Joe [Visitor] Email
The State is going to get money from the contractor. If the State ran the rest areas I am sure they would operate in the red like everything else this State runs.
12/14/09 @ 16:04
Comment from: Davy [Visitor] Email
As usual, the government wants to screw the poor. Not with taxes, except for booze and cigarettes, but with the rest stop economy.
12/14/09 @ 16:19
Comment from: Hosed By The System [Visitor] Email
I guess the "dollar" menu at the rest stops will be $1.50......


again, the poor bastard that stops there to get food gets screwed royally......

smart people will begin to pull OFF the damn highways for fuel & food...........there are MORE than enough places right off the ramps.....
12/14/09 @ 18:16
Comment from: Harvey [Visitor] Email
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They will probably install pay toilets next; 1$ for #1; $2 for #2.
12/15/09 @ 07:55

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