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I anticipate that we will all see a WRAL report that says they are losing money. When I read that, I will laugh my butt off.
This is still a middle finger to everyone who paid taxes and they chose to toll the highway. I really hope everyone knows that and will not use that road or circumvent the whole process of photographing plates.
Would it have been more fair to wait 20 years for the funds from the DOT and FEDS??
Boo Hoo. If you dont like the road, dont use it. Its strictly optional. I occasionally ride from Durham out to Morrisville. I just get off the Durham Freeway onto Cornwallas, go down and make a right on Davis. No need for the toll rd for me. But others love it.
I took it once, both ways. I got a .90 bill. That was my choice. I paid it. Nice road. May never ride on it again, but I may....
Would it have been more fair to wait 20 years for the funds from the DOT and FEDS??
Boo Hoo. If you dont like the road, dont use it. Its strictly optional. I occasionally ride from Durham out to Morrisville. I just get off the Durham Freeway onto Cornwallas, go down and make a right on Davis. No need for the toll rd for me. But others love it.
I took it once, both ways. I got a .90 bill. That was my choice. I paid it. Nice road. May never ride on it again, but I may....
You do know there's a difference between you the occassional driver who can just take a short detour without needing to use the toll vs some of us who live in apex or holly springs and work in rtp that would find taking the toll daily to/from work useful right?
No difference...either use the toll road or dont. Whining about it wont change a thing. There are other routes. When I work in Apex, I just take 55.
You realize the road WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN BUILT... for many years, without the toll?
540 Tolls will cause traffic congestion in Morrisville
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Originally Posted by abnheel
Am I the only one who:
1) Won't pay a dime for that highway?
2) Thinks they are going to lose money?
I anticipate that we will all see a WRAL report that says they are losing money. When I read that, I will laugh my butt off.
This is still a middle finger to everyone who paid taxes and they chose to toll the highway. I really hope everyone knows that and will not use that road or circumvent the whole process of photographing plates.
I think many of the 20,000 West Cary residents will agree with you. We will have to pay Tolls to use a publicly funded road that has been open for 5 years, and once the Tolls are implemented will revert back to using Morrisville Carpenter Road instead of 540 for many non urgent journeys. The effect will be to move traffic from 540 to an already busy road whilst 540 is under utilized. Just look at how few cars are using the Triangle Expressway that became a Toll Road back in January. It would be interesting if WRAL or N&O investigated the revenue raised since Triangle Expressway started Tolls versus the Turnpike Authority projections, as that is likely to be repeated when 540 Tolls are introduced.
I am sure that Morrisville residents will be shocked to find that the proceeds of the Bond they will have to finance is to pay for roads to provide an alternate route through their town so motorists can avoid the Tolls. They seem to have enough issues with the Bond without even understanding the real reason for the Roads funding
It would be interesting if WRAL or N&O investigated the revenue raised since Triangle Expressway started Tolls versus the Turnpike Authority projections, as that is likely to be repeated when 540 Tolls are introduced.
The Triangle Expressway was never intended/expected to be entirely self-funding. The State highway budget includes approximately $25 million "gap payment" to pay for the road, including a portion of the financed cost. The topic has come up again recently in the news with the flap this summer over funding requests for the Garden Parkway near Charlotte and the Mid-Currituck bridge.
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540 Tolls will cause traffic congestion in Morrisville
