Where does your toll money go? Miami drivers, sick of traffic and expense, want to know

The Miami Herald ^ | October 10, 2018 | Dylan Jackson

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

PING!

[fruser1]

Just imagine all those state and local gov employees and friends of the governor that are probably taking those toll roads for free.

[jeffc]

...Turnpike spokesperson Chad Huff would not respond to specific questions...

The turnpike spokesperson would not respond to questions? What is his job?

[where's_the_Outrage?]

The devil is in the details, which are probably missing, such as:

1. How much fuel tax (to be used for roads) is collected and provided to support road upkeep?

2. Is there a plan to get rid of the tollways once the roads are paid?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

What is his job?

Dissemination of propaganda?

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[Bonemaker]

“Where does your toll money go?”

Same place all other government extortion goes...vig for politicians and associates.

[dfwgator]

Same question we ask here in DFW.

[Bratch]

Where does your toll money go?

Toll money, like gas tax money, is funneled through the bureaucracy.

After the bureaucrats get their cut, the rest is churned through the political system; contractors receive money for successful project bids, then send what's leftover back to the government via political campaign contributions.

It's win-win for them. It's BOHICA for the taxpayers.

[rjsimmon]

I-66 tolls in NoVa can be as high as $47.25 per trip. Average is $10.70 for the morning commute on a 10 mile strip.

[Mouton]

don’t forget the money used to pay for “rapid” transit, bicycle paths and the like.

More ominous, the “toll roads” are sold off to private consortiums.

[Truthoverpower]

Too many folks on a spit of sand

[relictele]

‘Drivers can avoid toll roads altogether’

Oh yes. And take their chances on choked arterial roads full of illegals driving dangerously unsafe, uninspected vehicles often towing wobbly trailers heaving with unsecured equipment, tools, etc.

And then there are the insane, cowardly zoning boards and engineers who continue to allow every Tom, Dick and Harry to implement curb cuts and traffic lights. To add insult to injury, they reduce speed limits and claim - without any sense of irony - that the reductions are necessary due to increased traffic volume and congestion. The mind boggles.

[relictele]

With tolls, the general principal is ‘those who use it should pay for it

Another paper in need of a copy editor. It's PRINCIPLE.

But why don't we apply this PRINCIPLE to other government programs? Why is a single penny of anyone's taxes helping a junkie put more poison into his veins? Why are able-bodied people receiving any form of goods or services for free including medical care?

[relictele]

Turnpike spokesperson Chad Huff would not respond to specific questions, instead directing the Miami Herald to the Turnpike website.

Another gem of a public 'servant.'

Is he really a spokesperson if he refuses to speak?

[relictele]

Oops missed yours.

But still a ridiculous situation.

[relictele]

Here's ol' Chad. Chad's thinks very highly of himself, as his linkedin page demonstrates. Content copied n pasted. Nowhere in his ode to his greatness does he mention that he gives major newspapers the middle finger when they ask for details, despite his claim that he 'conducted numerous media interviews.' He must be just exhausted.

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[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Maybe he gives papers the finger because Chad, here, is one-a them there Chads that the mass-murderer-wannabe incels keep whining about.

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