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Originally Posted by Tsmokies
It's not Tdot. It's a foreign company that made some texas politicians very rich that are in charge of, and making money, with the express (not toll) lanes. They are express lanes that you have to pay to use but don't call it a toll lol
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We talkin' about Cintra (of Spain)? The further "Fleecing of the American Consumer" by those in charge......
New taxes on driving
And tax increases they are.
The toll rate is no longer determined by the actual cost of building the road, but on how much the government and its private partner can extort from the traveling public to escape the pain of congestion. It’s runaway taxation run amok. The ‘user fee’ model is no more. Government has figured out how to make money from our public roads, and they’ve changed the laws to do it. Federal and state lawmakers put this freedom-robbing system in place without a public vote and next to no public input (outside very poorly attended public meetings where they never used the term ‘toll’ nor informed the public it would be privately operated).