December 18, 2008 Newsnight: Pike funding deadlocked Play video

(NECN) - Tolls in Massachusetts could double by Spring of 2009 under a Turnpike Authority plan the public is mobilizing. Yesterday, critics fought back in Framingham and at the State House.

CLICK HERE to view the NECN story: MetroWest residents debate toll hikes.

Republicans on Beacon Hill are on the warpath over the prospect of toll hikes. On this segment of Newsnight, Chet Curtis is joined by Representative Vinney Demacedo, Republican of Plymouth, and Senator Bruce Tarr, Republican of Gloucester, and Representative Bill Straus, Democrat of Mattapoisett.

CLICK HERE to watch the second part of this interview.