Lamont on Transportation: “My Word is Good.”

Governor Ned Lamont attempted to heave himself out of his credibility gap on transportation Wednesday. Christine Stuart of CT News Junkie asked the new governor how he will get people to trust him that money from tolls will go to the transportation lockbox when the tolls may not be in place until after he leaves office.

Lamont responded that the lockbox passed by voters in Novembers was a good start. Acknowledging that there is a lot of mistrust toward politicians, Lamont, who is raiding the fund of $1 billion in his budget proposal, declared, “I gotta look people in the eye and tell them my word is good.”

The Greenwich Democrat last month abandoned his signature campaign promise to support tolls on trucks only, raising essential questions about his trustworthiness.