Where I’m from, toll bonds are NEVER retired. They are designed to be that way. They will still exist at least until the Universe achieves maximum entropy.
What a pack of greedy bastards our politicans have become!
Last I knew there was a frontage road along the turnpike that one could drive for free.
Tolls are one of the original American scams dating back to King George days. Nothing has changed except for roads and automobiles.
Connecticut citizens, LaMont wants tolls...(so he can spend more of your money!!!).
https://ballotpedia.org/West_Virginia_state_budget_and_finances
Scroll down to spending by function. This hike ain’t about roads.
Does the WV Turnpike have a route number? In that whole article, only a WV insider would know what actual road they’re talking about.
“Tolls are being raised so that the Parkways Authority can sell bonds for road projects throughout southern West Virginia.”
Not to build the road, not to operate the road, not even to maintain the road - but to create a SLUSH FUND.
So much for the meme “Those who drive on the road, pay for the road”. Well, I guess they do, but they pay for MUCH MORE also (such as the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh transit systems when they drive on the Pennsylvania Turnpike).
Taxes and tolls never go away
Effective Jan. 1, 2019, a round trip to Charleston will cost $24. The current cost is $12.
So, it took him a while to get to the punchline. So, it was the second last sentence in the article. So, Charles Owens, is the guy with the enormous photo.