Tolling Texans: Toll Projects Spread as State Funds Lag
A series on the growth of toll roads and lanes around the state.
The first major toll road in Texas, which opened in 1957, was a 30-mile, six-lane stretch of highway between Dallas and Fort Worth. A drive from one end to the other cost 50 cents.
By 1977, tolls had generated enough revenue to recoup the cost of the road’s construction. The tollbooths were dutifully removed. Drivers know the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike today as Interstate 30.
Fast forward 35 years and I-30, while still free, is surrounded by billions of dollars in road projects featuring toll roads or ...
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John Lyon via Texas Tribune on Facebook
I think someday there will be black boxes in our cars that bill us for each mile driven, whether in our neighborhood, across town, across the state, or across the country.
This would be, after all, a more efficient means of assessing one's use of a public good.
A'Ja Lyve via Texas Tribune on Facebook
maybe if our tax dollars didn't go to crisis pregnancy centers we'd have more money for the roads.
Paul Johnson via Texas Tribune on Facebook
From the people who whine about leaving debt to the next generation, we get a permanent burden on the next generation.
Casey Bennett via Texas Tribune on Facebook
these toll roads,,,,good idea for some,,,but not for all. As a rule,, when ever possible, I will go through the neighborhoods and local areas to avoid the toll roads. The scenery is better, little more docile sometimes than the toll roads and the road rage.
Edgar Morales via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Trolling Texans
Matt Taylor
This article has been linked on thejavelina.com
Pamela Baggett-Wallis
Hey, guys. 45 SW is along Travis and Hays, not Williamson.