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Did TXDOT come up with eliminating tolls on their own? No, it is a legisltive mandate from HB 2612 by Pickett
How do tolls and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute estimate, that Texas needs of $5 Billion more per year in transportation funding, correlate? The $5 billion per year funding shortage assumed that Texas would receive toll revenue.
In which house district is this occuring? HD-2 (Flynn)
What are activists saying about eminent domain and toll roads?
Republican House Members in Indiana have a plan, a transportation funding plan to:
Republican leaders say:
I thought east coast states ran on tollways, where is there a vote moratorium? Connecticut
Who is pushing for no new toll votes? The Senate leader
What’s the rational? First, the public needs to vote to ensure dedicated transportation funding before the Legisalture votes on tolls.
What’s the transportation fudning situation in Connecticut? The Governor is proposing a 30 year, $100 billion transportation funding plan that will:
Which Texas County has $358M in unpaid tolls? Harris
How much does $358M in unpaid tolls equal in toll lane miles? About the same as the cost of 15 miles of the Grand Avenue Parkway
How do these unpaid tolls break down by driver numbers?
Texas Legislative Council reminds us that the 2015 Legislature passed a bunch of bills with a bunch of interim study requirements.
The transportation related interim studies from 2015 bills:
Who? Vidor Mayor Robert Viator Jr. has “trust issues” with the Texas Turnpike Authority proposed 10 mile toll road from Vidor to Beaumont
Why does the mayor have trust issues? The company altered its projections to add 25 years to reach $9 billion in profits. The company projects that it will take a total of 75 years for the private toll company to reach $9 billion in profits.
What opposition groups and issues are emerging?
Those challenging the project include:
Weren’t private toll roads stripped of their eminent domain power by the 2015 Texas Legislature? Yes.
So, how is a private toll road near Beaumont building a new toll road? The private toll comapny asked local governments to enter into an intrerlocular agreement. If, eminent domain needs to be exercised, it will be through the local governmental entities.
What’s the reception to the private tollroad in SE Texas? SE Texas appears to have learned from 2014 Dallas area defeat of the Texas…
Eliminating all current toll roads would add $1.5 to $2 billion to Texas transportation funding needs per year.
Corpus Christi Caller Times | No tolls could mean $2 billion road funding gap