Bill Proposes Changes to Who Controls Maine Turnpike

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AUGUSTA -- Amid the fallout from a watchdog group's study of the Maine Turnpike Authority, a bill is advancing in the Legislature that would create a commission to review potential changes to how the agency is controlled.

The bill, LD 208, is sponsored by Sen. Douglas Thomas, R- Somerset, who said Tuesday that it was high time the Legislature explore alternatives to the MTA, a quasi-governmental agency that he described as a "good ol' boy" organization that has turned "100 miles of highway into an industry."

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Bill Proposes Changes to Who Controls Maine Turnpike

"They're (the MTA) comfortable," Thomas said. "Nobody's ever rocked their boat. It's time their boat was rocked."

The authority was recently the subject of an investigation by the Office of Program Evaluation and Program Accountability, which highlighte...

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