Posted on 04/08/2008 10:07:25 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Trans-Texas Corridor PING!
BTTT
Oklahoma will have to deal with their transportation system as they see fit. If Texas can get the projected vehicles to the OK/LA/NM/AR borders with some reasonable speed and reduce the congestion on Texas highways I’ll be happy.
well,sure,let the foreigners have ‘em,they will drain every penny they can from everyone,then when they are done,we will get pot-holed disaster area’s .If we can’t afford to build and maintain our own roads,what makes anyone think we will be able to afford the tolls on them. Also they are borrowing the money from us,to build these roads,so if after they make all they can,walaa!,they adios and we are left with bad roads and more debt.
Precisely. Because we all know that private enterprises do not maintain their assets! The most efficient provider is the government!
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It's also worth noting that these foreign companies seem to have far more interest in this kind of business venture than American firms.
I suspect most American investors know damn well that buying a toll road is a miserable investment. My prediction is that there won't be a single long-term lease that is executed and carried for more than 20 years by any of these foreign companies.
There are about 40,000 fatalities in auto accidents in this country every year, and every one of them represents what is basically an unlimited liability on the part of a road's "owner." This, I suspect, is what is ultimately going to bankrupt these ventures.
What’s your solution to the present/future transportation problems that will be coming our way with continued growth?.. We have congestion aplenty here in Texas on some of our major roadways now. They’ll be complete parking lots in a few more years if things are built beginning shortly.
in most cases private enterprise is best,but geeshh! we will pay higher tolls,worse road conditions,loan the money to build the roads and we will still pay taxes on fuel,and then perhaps bail the whole thing out later,so its not as simple as a private vs government issue,it more layers of the same old crap!
Indiana just gave a 75 yr lease on toll road
I understand that. My point was that the company that signed the lease will either sell the lease or be out of business by the end of Year 20.
I really don’t have a solution,I just think foreign entities controlling roads in America is a bad idea,the interstate highway system is the backbone of our economy,the various states and the fed government get plenty of taxes to build and maintain roads in fuel taxes,highway use taxes,etc,but they use those revenues for everything under the sun,but roads.
well,I agree with you there
Actually they are taking it in the shorts for that idiocy.
I really don’t have a solution,
Well hurry and come up with one as they are working hard on getting some of this built here in Texas. Kinda like Jerry Clower’s coon hunting story where he told the guy on the ground to just ‘shoot up here amongst us we need some relief’. We need some relief here in Texas in some of our roadway systems and this maybe part of the solution they choose. Contact TXDOT and give them your proposals and they may put you on the payroll.
How many lanes will be needed then? Who will be able to afford the tolls? (trucker can't now) Facilitating international commerce means no inspection at the border. Good idea? I think not!
For those who don't know, so are; Sen John McCain, W. J. Clinton and George H. W. Bush.
Expect the *drive* for these roads to continue.
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