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re: Mobile I-10 bridge project and the proposed $6 toll that went with it is CANCELLED
Posted on 8/28/19 at 8:48 pm to Costanza
Posted on 8/28/19 at 8:48 pm to Costanza
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Yep. They offered a compromise for local residents of $90/month per car, but still, that's over a grand a year, per car, to commute to work (Which many Baldwin County residents do). Pure insanity
If you're too cheap to pay it, take the tunnel like a little bitch.
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Posted on 8/28/19 at 8:48 pm to Costanza
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Yep. They offered a compromise for local residents of $90/month per car, but still, that's over a grand a year, per car, to commute to work (Which many Baldwin County residents do). Pure insanity.
Causeway, Bankhead Tunnel, and Cochran Bridge out of commission?
Posted on 8/28/19 at 8:50 pm to Costanza
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No. The plan was to shut down the current I-10 tunnel, and then ADD the same toll to the Causeway Bankhead Tunnel.
That is not correct. Causeway/Bankhead/Africatwon is the free route.
They were going to toll Wallace and the bridge.
ALDOT are idiots.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 8:54 pm to tilco
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Over $2B.
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3. The project got overinflated for 2 main reasons. A. The DOT claimed the existing bayway had to be torn down and built 10 feet higher due to federal regulations (this was determined to be a lie and was only a suggestion by a 3rd party who advises the govt)
I thought it was $2B for the bridge over the river, and another $2B for the new bayway.
And for Constanza, I too remember vividly, on mid-day Mobile, them talking about tolling every route, so there was no way around getting tolled to cross.
When this first looked like it was going to happen, I was living on the eastern shore and told the wife we need to start buying up land because Baldwin county is going to explode. I still wish I had because it’s growing rapidly, but had the goal happened, it would have squashed growth on that side of the bay.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 8:56 pm to pngtiger
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them talking about tolling every route, so there was no way around getting tolled to cross.
That's false.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 8:57 pm to Jimbeaux
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How many cars were they proposing would cross and pay that toll on a daily basis?
Projected 90,000 by 2040. Half locals paying $90 /mos, other half baws from La. heading to the beach who were going to pitch that $12 photo-toll bill they get by mail into the trash ( just like I do with NOLA photo speeding tix.)
The whole deal started to stink when nobody would show us the money.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 8:59 pm to keks tadpole
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heading to the beach who were going to pitch that $12 photo-toll bill they get by mail into the trash
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just like I do with NOLA photo speeding tix
You understand the difference, right?
Posted on 8/28/19 at 9:10 pm to pngtiger
No project total was stated at 2.1B I believe.
Not anymore
frick you John Cooper and the rest of the ALDOT.
EAT A BIG FAT PLATE OF SOUR DICKS
Not anymore
frick you John Cooper and the rest of the ALDOT.
EAT A BIG FAT PLATE OF SOUR DICKS
Posted on 8/28/19 at 9:11 pm to tilco
It was a dumb fricking plan.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 9:14 pm to Golfer
1) collection of photo toll fees are basically unenforceable over state lines without reprisosity.
2) see above for photo tickets + 6th amendment violation.
2) see above for photo tickets + 6th amendment violation.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 9:14 pm to Tiguar
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It was a dumb fricking plan.
Widening the bayway and eliminating the gridlock of Wallace was a dumb plan?
Posted on 8/28/19 at 9:18 pm to keks tadpole
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1) collection of photo toll fees are basically unenforceable over state lines without reprisosity.
Somehow toll by plate works in hundreds of locations. But I’m guessing Mobile is different.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 9:18 pm to Golfer
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Widening the bayway and eliminating the gridlock of Wallace was a dumb plan?
No we need a bridge. We just didn’t need that bridge. That project was a giant frick you to the citizens of Mobile/Baldwin county.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 9:19 pm to tilco
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No we need a bridge. We just didn’t need that bridge.
Lol what does that even mean?
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That project was a giant frick you to the citizens of Mobile/Baldwin county.
The bulk of the users?
And every one of y’all ignores the fact that the state wasn’t forcing y’all to take the proposed bridge. There were other options that didn’t cost $12.
This post was edited on 8/28/19 at 9:21 pm
Posted on 8/28/19 at 9:22 pm to Golfer
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Lol what does that even mean?
I already answered this question earlier in this thread.
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The bulk of the users?
Yes by trying to ram through a ridiculously over inflated project. And by tolling the existing already paid for Wallace tunnel.
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And every one of y’all ignores the fact that the state wasn’t forcing y’all to take the proposed bridge. There were other options that didn’t cost $12.
I think we’ve found Kay Ivey
This post was edited on 8/28/19 at 9:23 pm
Posted on 8/28/19 at 9:23 pm to Golfer
There’s been a ton of conflicting info ITT
Posted on 8/28/19 at 9:23 pm to tilco
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Yes by trying to ram through a ridiculously over inflated project.
Link? $2b seems in line with other projects of this scope. Namely the height and length of the bridge and the bayway expansion.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 9:25 pm to tilco
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I think we’ve found Kay Ivey
Lolz. I just don’t complain about toll roads.
Y’all want a bridge, but not that bridge, and want the bridge money tree to show up and give you one.
Toll roads are the solution to these traffic issues and y’all can’t handle it.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 9:26 pm to Costanza
This is when knowing all the money government waste should piss people off.
If the government had the money that is put out to medicare fraud, it could have money to fund projects that are needed.
If the government had the money that is put out to medicare fraud, it could have money to fund projects that are needed.
Posted on 8/28/19 at 9:26 pm to Costanza
quote:That's the only route I take. I haven't been on I-10 across the bay in about 10 years. Causeway is always faster.
The only toll avoidance option was to take the Cochran (Africatown bridge)
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