[hinckley buzzard]

We have a similar situation in Ohio. The road was financed with bonds, to be repaid out of tolls. The original construction bonds have long since been retired, while the tolls remain. Meanwhile, the Ohio Turnpike is the best maintained and updated stretch of interstate in the state. That all costs money and it has to be gotten somewhere.

The continuation of tolls has been generally accepted for this reason, and by law the revenues can only be used for highway repair maintenance and improvement.

[yoe]

Wonder what the up-keep would cost if Ohio were a Right to Work state?

[DoughtyOne]

And by law your gas taxes can only be used for highway improvements. So how has that worked out for you?

Gas taxation was provided to support highways. Instead it is disbursed for buses, rail lines, and other things. Then they come back to you and claim it wasn’t enough, and they need tolls to do the trick.

Yes, I’ve seen some of the toll roads. They keep those up to date meticulously so that the citizens will notice and think it’s a great idea.

How did we get by without those tolls in the past? We did. Our highways were great.

I’m not here to give you a hard time, but here you are actually praising these thieves, or at least their underhanded tactics.

Every time you pass a gas station, think about how many dollars the state is making off just the people sitting there when you go by. Then think about how much they make during the full day, and then 365 days per year. And then realize how many gas stations are just like that one in the state.

It’s mind boggling how much they make, and yet they can’t make due.

Yes they can.