The town official suggested the state could look into just tolling people coming from off-Cape, using EZ Pass technology to identify residents so they could get on and off the bridges without paying tolls.

An elected town official in Massachusetts wants tolls to be added to the Cape Cod bridges. Mashpee Select Board Vice Chair David Weeden said at a meeting Monday that there should be a "modest rate" charged to tourists crossing over on the Bourne and Sagamore bridges.

Transportation officials say the Cape Cod bridges will remain toll-free, to the delight of Gov. Maura Healey and a local state representative, after a town official floated the idea of taxing