"Doing nothing was not an alternative," said Perry, who spoke last week with the Tribune-Review.
b.s.
it implies--wrongly--that toll roads would solve air pollution.
"doing nothing" never was the alternative.
it never mentions the real alternatives, such as raising the gas tax and building new roads.
Building toll roads in the traditional manner, and maybe outsourcing the toll-collecting and other maintenance to private companies is also a good idea. Government needs to keep in mind that toll roads are a public resource, and while from strictly a business perspective it makes sense to raise tolls to fund the bottom line, that will just end up screwing over the working poor and it will simply move the traffic problem to the free roads.
Privatizing the toll collection (or hell, require EZ-Pass) and maintenance on a government owned toll road will solve the problems with traffic and keep toll roads open as a viable alternate route for traffic.