Re: gas up 7 cents

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From: Jason Cormier
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 21:30

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On 7/23/03 16:44, in article 3F1EF3D6.B5D9CA9C@yahoo.com, "sparkie"
<sparkie19us@yahoo.com> wrote:

> DGS wrote:
> 
>> FNO wrote:
>>> And they pay bas you go.  Many of their interstates are toll roads.
>> 
>> Only true in states east of the Mississippi.  Most interstates in the
>> western half of the USA are freeways.  Also, tolls aren't levied on a
>> national basis, but by the individual states.
> 
> Houston is west of Mississippi.  The city/state finance all roads with TOLLs -
> one to two dollars - interstates 80, 84, 79.  With tolls, they have one of the
> best road systems in the west.

Of course, the previous poster did write,"Most interstates...". There are a
number of toll rolls in metropolitan regions throughout the US however most
of the long-distance toll roads are in the eastern US and they make up a
small portion of the US interstate system.

> There are toll roads in Toronto.  NB had talked about using tolls to build
> roads.

I suspect they will proceed carefully when one considers the massive
political mess the 407 has become. This includes....

- cost of construction
- lowball sale price to private consortium
- tolls rising well beyond previously agreed maximums
- punitive late fees that were massively reduced in a recent class action
suit
- major slowdown of expansion and improvements after being privatised
- broken promises to the people of Halton/Hamilton/Niagara after the portion
of the 407 west of Mississauga was given tot the 407consortium instead of
being an extension of the (free use 403)

Hopefully they will learn from the many mistakes made by the NDP and PC
governments on Ontario. I have no problem with toll roads (especially as
alterative routes) but they need to be planned and run more thoughtfully
than what one has seen with the 407.

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