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Lawmakers revive State’s 10-year transportation plan on Veto Day

Lawmakers revive State’s 10-year transportation plan on Veto Day

Vehicles line up at the only cash-collecting toll both operating at the northbound side of the New Jersey Turnpike Interchange 18W Toll Plaza, Thursday, April 25, 2019, in Carlstadt, N.J. EZ Pass toll riders, center left, travel northbound without stopping. Photo: Associated Press/AP Photo/Julio Cortez


CONCORD, N.H.– Lawmakers gathered Wednesday for Veto Day and ended up overriding a few of Governor Kelly Ayotte’s vetoes.

As expected, lawmakers ended up reviving the state’s 10-year transportation plan, translates to toll rate increases, especially for those without an EZ pass or out of state drivers.

Officials also ended up bringing back a bill which gives people convicted of crimes another chance to petition for a trial when new evidence emerges as it would supersede the state’s three-year deadline.

Other bills on preventing men from utilizing women’s safe spaces, and one on who has access to certain books in school libraries in what some have incorrectly called a “book ban,” remain dead.

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