the sumbiches tolled me 3.00 for driving 1 mile on Texas 121, a highway that was free since the days of Sam Rayburn.
Understand...the politicians look at toll roads as “revenue generators”, and they can be. If they price the tolls at cost, then 3 to 5 cents per mile. If they price them to generate max revenue, then you’re looking at 10 times that price. The roads are worth WAY MORE than they cost...what makes them valuable is the right-of-way that they open up.
That’s why I hate tolling...the cost for the road is very low, but the temptation to seize huge amounts of money often cannot be resisted.