Texas Toll Roads
A while ago I ran Texas Toll RD 130 as I have done for several years. This year I was billed for the motorhome and my toad as two separate vehicles or $59 dollars and change for one pass. I'm wonderin...
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WILDEBILL308 wrote:
The scary thing that is happening in Texas is they are taking roads that have already ben payed for by taxpayer dollars and making them toll roads. The next irritating thing is they are taking the money and not using it to repair or improve the "NEW TOLL ROAD" but for other projects.
Bill
They CAN do that, but they have to "buy" the road from the federal government if it was a US highway or interstate. They don't have to do that if it was a state road.
The folks in Austin tried to do this when the toll revenue for TX 130 didn't live up to expectations and they were in danger of defaulting on bond payments. They wanted to swap designations on IH35 and TX 130. The cost was prohibitive because they would have had to buy IH35 from the feds.
