By News staff
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The House of Representatives, by a 40-25 vote, passed a bill late Tuesday night that would restore tolls to the Sakonnet River Bridge, but limit them to 10 cents until April 1.
The vote followed a contentious debate, with East Bay legislators strongly opposing the measure.
The bill also moves up the date when the Turnpike and Bridge Authority could collect tolls on the bridge from Feb 1 to Aug. 19, and it removes language that banned increases on tolls on the Pell Bridge.
Not long after the tolls vote, it was announced that legislators, who had hoped to end the 2013 session Tuesday, will return to work at 2 p.m. Wednesday.