Posted on 06/12/2017 10:59:41 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
HOUSTON - The teachers at Spring Forest Middle School asked KHOU 11's Verify team whether Beltway 8 has been paid off and if the tolls will ever go away in the foreseeable future.
"Why do we still pay for toll roads?" wondered 7th grade teacher Rebecca Mustachio. "To be honest, I thought we would be done paying for toll roads."
We are not even close to paying the bill for those roads, according to Roxana Sibrian of the Harris County Toll Road Authority.
In a statement emailed to KHOU, the authority says it will be paying off construction debt until at least the year 2049. That doesn't include the cost of new construction projects as the county's mobility needs continue to grow.
HCTRA says construction of Beltway 8 and the Hardy Toll Road costs $2.5 billion, and even after that is paid off, tolls will continue to be collected to pay for maintenance.
(Excerpt) Read more at khou.com ...
I appreciate your honesty. I live in a wealthy prt of CT and there has been talk of restoring tolls to route 95, which is the main artery in the area. The wealthy are generally for it for just the reason you offer. Poor working stiffs, not so much.
Tolls are still being collected on the San Luis Pass bridge in Galveston. For what?
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