Drivers can expect higher tolls on five Hudson River bridges, according to several reports (including this one in today's Times Herald Record. The New York State Bridge Authority holds a public hearing at 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 15 at the Poughkeepsie Grand Hotel; Lobby Fl., 40 Civic Center Plaza, Poughkeepsie, about the plan and, barring any significant objection, will adopt it the following Thursday, Dec. 22. The toll hike, from $1 to $1.25 with E-Z Pass, and $1.50 with cash on the Rip Van Winkle Bridge and four other Hudson River crossings, would go into effect Jan. 30. For more info on the plan, the public hearing and the bridges where tolls are going to rise, visit the Bridge Authority's website: http://www.nysba.state.ny.us/