Why charge a toll when I pay gas taxes to build and maintain roads?
• Toll roads are traditionally not funded with gas tax revenues, they are funded by tolls. Plus, toll roads are a mechanism to get roads built faster. The President George Bush Turnpike was built 10 years ahead of schedule as a toll road. • Some studies also say toll roads actually can decrease the pressure to increase the gas tax or free up gas tax dollars for other projects. For example, the $3.2 billion NTTA paid for the right to operate, construct and maintain the Sam Rayburn Tollway is being used throughout the region to fund many municipal and county projects.
Related Questions
- If TxDOT uses a private company to build toll roads, will that company be in charge of developing toll costs?
- Will the operator be allowed to build roads, fences, communication towers, gas storage sites, etc. on my land?
- Oil & Gas - Does the surface owner pay taxes on the property where the well site is located?
