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re: Why is LA so against toll roads?
Posted on 6/3/17 at 9:50 am to LSU alum wannabe
Posted on 6/3/17 at 9:50 am to LSU alum wannabe
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No, I'm not that old, but I started digging into it after KHOU ran a Verify segment on it a week or so ago. It's a jacked up situation. The county paid for brochures to be printed that said it would be free once it was paid off, but they didn't include the language stating that it would ever be free on the ballot.
wow.
thats even worse.
Well, technically, if the toll is used to maintain the span, then it will never be "paid off".
People seem to have a hard time grasping the concept of preventative maintenance. that's what tolls are supposed to be for.
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Posted on 6/3/17 at 9:59 am to magildachunks
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Well, technically, if the toll is used to maintain the span, then it will never be "paid off".
People seem to have a hard time grasping the concept of preventative maintenance. that's what tolls are supposed to be for.
I am sure those numbers can be looked at to see how much goes into upkeep and how much goes into pockets. A Tollway should get you something. Like Orlando from the airport. Take this highway or take back roads. Or Destin I believe and a toll bridge. Gets you a main route that was needed. And is a more pleasant way to gouge tourists that a straight hotel tax.
I am mainly talking about Beltway 8 though. It gets you nothing anymore. When began it was the outskirts, well now it is just another loop in the middle of town. You have thousands and thousands of people who now have that as their main point A to B road. It really is no better that the 610 loop anymore which was its original selling point. It got eaten up by the sprawl of the city.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 11:31 am to magildachunks
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Well, technically, if the toll is used to maintain the span, then it will never be "paid off". People seem to have a hard time grasping the concept of preventative maintenance. that's what tolls are supposed to be for.
Complete bullshite. How many times do you think the Causeway has been purchased and that road is shite. It's got hundreds of state employees sucking off the taxpayer tit but the same thin lanes and not even a shoulder to pull off on.
Look into tolls in the northeast. In places like New Jersey and New York toll collectors are making $80,000-$100,000 a year and they're getting fat pensions with lifetime benefits. Now the state can't get out from these costs.
We pay taxes already. Taxes are supposed to be used for roads, bridges and schools. Yet, this money is squandered away by corruption. Now instead of fixing the corruption, you want to give those same assholes more of our money. frick that. There's more than enough raised to perform the basic functions of government if we weren't doling out funds to shithead sponges and deadbeats.
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