(Thats ridiculous! Thats what the current GAS TAX IS FOR, unless its being skimmed or diverted! & Ill bet its the same elsewhere! YOU PAY, THEY PLAY! Hell, the Tulsa OKC turnpikes' been paid ten times over since it was constructed in the sixties!-CDH)- Do You Like Paying Tolls? You're Gonna Love Trump's Infrastructure Plan
Igor Bobic
HuffPostFebruary 12, 2018
Do You Like Paying Tolls? You're Gonna Love Trump's Infrastructure Plan
WASHINGTON ― If you like paying tolls, you’re going to love Donald Trump’s infrastructure plan.
The president’s long-awaited $1.5 trillion proposal, which was released Monday, seeks to leverage $200 billion in direct federal spending over the next decade into an additional $1.3 trillion by relying on state and local tax dollars, as well as private investment.
One way to attract private investors to finance infrastructure projects would be to toll roads. Trump’s infrastructure plan would give states more flexibility to toll existing interstate highways ― under the rationale that if you use a road, you ought to pay a price in order to maintain it.
“Tolling restrictions foreclose what might otherwise serve as a major source of revenue for infrastructure investment,” Trump’s plan reads. “Providing states flexibility to toll existing Interstates would generate https://www.yahoo.com/news/paying-tolls-apos-gonna-love-185751869.html. https://www.yahoo.com/news/paying-tolls-apos-gonna-love-185751869.html
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