Even though lawmakers this session didn't write any bills about bringing tolls back to Connecticut's highways, the issue isn't completely closed this year.  No bill will come before the General Assembly about adding electronic arms over the highway, but the state Department of Transportation is being asked to study the issue. 

Issues the DOT Commissioner is being asked to study include the appropriateness of the highways as a place for tolls, congestion on the roadways and the ability of the DOT to limit the use of any revenue for transportation purposes only. 

The Commissioner is also being asked to report back to lawmakers by next February on if the motor vehicle fuel tax can be lowered when tolls are established. 

Brookfield Representative David Scribner says he has not wavered in his opposition to border tolls, but feels the federally funded study a sensible approach.  He says border tolls would disproportionately damage the local economy, but thinks the federally funded study is better than hastily implementing tolls.