[oldironsides]

I have been paying New Jersey Turnpike fees for years. I also pay in Maryland. North Carolina has as much right to have a toll on I-95 as NJ.

[oceanview]

except they won't be exit tolls, they will be barrier tolls in NC on I95, causing traffic to be impeded just like on the garden state pkwy. the toll plazas on the GSP cause many deaths each year. anytime you introduce anything onto the road to cause everybody to stop, and then race to speed up again and gain "lane supremacy", accidents will rise significantly.

[I still care]

But it only costs around $4- $6 depending where you get off. $18 is big change.

That adds $36 to a round trip through NC, while I already stop there on to sleep at a hotel in Fayetteville, usually.

It think it is a losing proposition for NC. It would definately make it more likely for me to fly, and then they would lose my motel fee.

[ml/nj]

I have been paying New Jersey Turnpike fees for years. I also pay in Maryland. North Carolina has as much right to have a toll on I-95 as NJ.

The NJ Tpk predates the Interstate Highway System, and I would guess the highways in Maryland do too. Such roads were not (originally) built with Federal funds. The people in Idaho paid for those roads in North Carolina, just as much as the people in North Carolina did. Are you going to send them a portion of the proceeds?

ML/NJ