21.   The agency plans to hold four public hearings on the toll increase this spring before finalizing the plan.

22.   The Legislature is prepared to block a proposed toll increase on the New York State Thruway, its top two leaders say.

23.   The Thruway Authority wants to tie future toll increases to a national construction cost index.

24.   Their requests for a toll increase had caused a furore last month with calls from all quarters to the Government not to allow the increase.