re: The new I10 bridge in Lake Charles will be a toll bridge. Construction to start in 2024

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I didn’t know that federal interstates could be converted into state toll roads

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Then-Governor Kathleen Blanco was laughed at and trashed when she suggested this back in 2006 or so as a way to try to raise state funds to speed up needed interstate lane expansions.

I’m not saying she should have instead been praised for the idea; however, a decade and a half later, and look where we are…