Re: TOLLROADSnews: NC/I-95 tolling has potential $300m to $350m annual toll revenues

On Jul 4, 1:51 pm, John Lansford <jlnsf...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Larry G <gross.la...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
maybe - has anyone ever figured out how many toll roads it would take
in NC to generate an equivalent amount of money to the shortfall in
the gas tax?

Since the tolls would have to pay for the construction bonds, interest
and maintenance first, you're actually talking about the "profit" from
tolls that would make up the difference.  No, I doubt anyone has
seriously thought of that.

I'm thinking someone has made such a calculation in places like
Florida and Maryland and have decided that in enough viable venues can
be identified for future toll roads that - that path might be worth
pursuing ....

They just closed on a 2+ billion dollar concessionaire-operated ORT in
Dallas last week....   and I just saw in the paper that Charlotte NC
is considering tolling most of it's regional interstates turning them
into HOT.  have you heard that?

They'd have to ask for Federal permission to do that, but it wouldn't
surprise me if they tried it.  Would take another legislative change
in the toll road law to get it done though and I doubt there's
interest in trying that.

the new Dallas lanes are HOT I believe ... and the beltway now under
construction in DC are going to be HOT... so now we have Atlanta and
Charlotte talking about HOT....

However the I-95 HOT lanes are stalled and perhaps dead because no
investors will touch it right now and Alexandria is suing over what
they say is an inadequate environmental study about how HOT (and toll-
paying SOLO drivers) might impact the surface streets of Alexandria.

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