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re: Red Flag laws - "I'll only stick the head of it in" and other government lies
Posted on 8/14/19 at 7:10 am to East Nasty Swaaaaag
Posted on 8/14/19 at 7:10 am to East Nasty Swaaaaag
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Even at the local level, you ever see the toll lanes go away?
Believe it or not, I have! GA400 in ATL was planned as a 10 year toll road, you know "just to cover the costs". Paid for itself in 3-4 years and govt got used to the $$. They literally planned to shut the toll down for 1 day to keep their promise, then resume business as usual. Folks went nuts and they aborted that horrible idea.
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Posted on 8/14/19 at 7:22 am to WorkinDawg
Wow...that’s a unicorn for sure. I remember the WV Turnpike had that same premise years ago. Found ways to get that gravy rolling after it was just a “temporary” measure to pay for the entire project. Only temporary 
Posted on 8/14/19 at 1:18 pm to WorkinDawg
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Believe it or not, I have! GA400 in ATL was planned as a 10 year toll road, you know "just to cover the costs". Paid for itself in 3-4 years and govt got used to the $$
Not quite. Tolls only covered 1/3 of GA 400’s cost (the rest was from federal and state gas tax revenue), and they were 20-year bonds.
Personally, I wish they had kept the tolls since traffic skyrocketed after they were removed in 2013.
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