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Township urges residents to migrate toll-bridge tags to new system; residents raise legal concerns about tolling
Summary
Officials said existing bridge tags will continue to work but must be migrated to a Grosse Ile Township account; public commenters and some board members raised legal and fairness questions about tolls, severability language in the bridge ordinance and resident access during bridge closure.
Township officials at the April 23 special meeting told residents that existing toll-bridge transponders issued under the previous operator will continue to register crossings but must be migrated to a new Grosse Ile Township account to be reloadable.
Township staff said users must create an account on the township website and associate their tag(s) with that account for automatic replenishment. “If you have a tag and that tag was obtained through the Grosse Ile Toll Bridge, that tag will still work,” the township manager said, adding that the older tags cannot be reloaded until transferred to the…
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