Paying for it is less bitter when it’s a genuinely better way. BTW - I used to travel I86 off of I90 in PA, so I am very familiar with the required changeover process. I used to live in Binghamton NY.
Every stinking dollar is need to improve the condition of roads and bridges in PA. I'll live without exit sign changes, huge automated signs telling me to wear a mask and socially distance, rumble strips dividing the road and the berm and a bunch of other useless crap. I lived a long life and so have a lot of other people without this wasteful crap.