September 18th: Thruway Authority says that the Tappan Zee Bridge will be built using tolls from the bridge, and not from tolls from the entire Thruway (including Buffalo area):
http://www.lohud.com...tolls/15802017/
November 2nd: Newspapers finds out that the Thruway Authority does plan to raise toll on the ENTIRE Thruway system to cover the cost of building the bridge:
http://www.lohud.com...acted/18271849/
Also, Thruway Authority refuses to release the financial sections of the loan application that detail out the the construction costs and the financing plan:
The Journal News' initial Freedom of Information Act request was denied, with federal officials arguing — after consulting with Thruway leaders — that releasing "sensitive and hypothetical" toll projections could damage the Thruway's credit rating and raise its borrowing costs — a position the state continues to maintain.
"Any release of this preliminary financial information could harm the Thruway's credit rating and drive up interest rates on Thruway bonds, effectively increasing future tolls on the new bridge," Madison said in a statement Friday.
So basically, they're building a bridge that costs several billion dollars, but they're not going to tell the public how much the bridge costs or how they are going to pay for it.