“And if owner-operator Clark is right, there’s a better way to get that toll revenue from truckers than threatening to stop and/or stopping trucks along U.S. 20. “Drop the rates,””
Won’t happen. Their druggie former governor, Mitch Daniels, SOLD THE HIGHWAY to some foreigners and gave them the right to charge whatever they wished.
Truckers aren’t dumb - if they have spare time they’ll bypass the toll road, while also taking advantage of the better mileage of not having to deal with the wind resistance (although that is somewhat offset by by traffic lights). If they want trucker out of their small towns, they really should consider buying the road back...or taking it back somehow. Otherwise there is nothing illegal about plowing through those towns.
Actuall, there is a limit in the concession agreement as to how much the concession company can raise tolls every year.