TOLL TUSSLE: Will Newport Beach go to...

TOLL TUSSLE: Will Newport Beach go to war over plans to charge a 50-cent toll for a section of the San Joaquin Hills toll road that is now part of free and public Newport Coast Drive? . . . Councilman Phil Sansone says he has the votes to do it--maybe--at Monday’s council meeting. He’ll seek a resolution demanding that the proposed Corona del Mar exit be toll-free, and he expects that to pass. But when it comes to authorizing a lawsuit if the toll authorities refuse to go along, he said, “that’s questionable.”