You don’t seem to understand the economics of it all! Who benefits, or more plainly who gets the money!
With a free road, it may take twenty years to get 100 miles of road built. A little bit here, a little bit there, till done. Cost overrun is very high.
With a toll road the same road can be built in FIVE YEARS for much less. Roads are promised to become FREE ROADS after the bonds are paid off, usually in ten years. That is why toll roads built sixty years ago are still toll roads. The revenue income is too good!
And THAT is the way it works in Oklahoma!
“Roads are promised to become FREE ROADS after the bonds are paid off, usually in ten years. “
Not always, as some tolls remain in some cases for upgrades and maintenance and staffing.