Tolls Dominate Vancouver Election

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A mayoral and city council campaign in Vancouver has become a referendum on bridge tolls. However, the city government has no authority to block tolls.

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Tolls Dominate Vancouver Election

Vancouvers mayoral campaign has morphed into a referendum on bridge tolls.

Yet even if voters elect a new mayor and a majority block of anti- tolling city councilors, the city government has no power to strip tolls from a new Interstate 5 bridge between Vancouver and Portland short of killing the project altogether.

The city cant block tolls, state transportation Secretary Paula Hammond said. Its a state legis...

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