re: Why is LA so against toll roads?

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yeah...because we don't get taxed nearly enough.

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The gas tax has not be raised since 1989. What good or service can you think of that you consume that hasn't been adjusted for inflation or costs?

When it is broken down to the driver, it would cost about $230/year for a person driving an F150 if the gas tax was raised $0.23/gal.

That would create about $600M in revenue for the state of Louisiana to allocate only to transportation and infrastructure.

Let's compare Louisiana to Texas. Texas' budget for engineering contracts for the year is north of $1B. That's just design of projects--not construction. Conversely, Louisiana's budget for contracts and engineering is $60M.

The state of Georgia is just now reaping the benefits of approving a gas tax increase and they now have so much revenue they need private firms to help manage their program.

Louisiana will forever be in a financial quagmire with regards to infrastructure unless new tax revenue streams aren't generated. The gas tax hike was an all for one, one for all way to get a massive boon in tax revenue to fund our infrastructure needs. Our legislators failed us.