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3Hotdogs

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19. N.J. highway authority is also a rip-off sinicure.

Reply to sandensea (Reply #18)

Thu Aug 30, 2018, 06:51 AM

Aug 2018

The Garden State Parkway was financed with tolls. The tolls were supposed to end when the bonds were paid. So the bonds get paid, --- No. Lets build the Art Center and we need tolls to pay for that. No one asked why we needed the Art Center.

Now, excess tolls are to be used to pay the public employee pension debt.

But it does give a good salary to politicians who get voted out of office or their relatives.

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Got a Colorado toll road bill [View all] SHRED Aug 2018 OP

Yeah... I can't imagine how many get caught up in that and it is very expensive... hlthe2b Aug 2018 #1

And now we're getting the I-25 Gap Rorey Aug 2018 #7

Why is it a rip-off? The road is clearly marked as a toll-road, seems like a personal choice. 33taw Aug 2018 #2

Prices weren't marked SHRED Aug 2018 #8

From this Coloradoan, I agree it is a rip-off given NO prices marked. Unless you live/drive Denver hlthe2b Aug 2018 #20

I lived in Boulder for 32 years - moved last year. I chose not to use the tolls because of cost. 33taw Aug 2018 #27

Maybe they thought the fees would be similarly reasonable to those they'd encountered in their own hlthe2b Aug 2018 #28

I found the late payment fees more excessive than the actual toll. 33taw Aug 2018 #32

Try Calling LandOfHopeAndDreams Aug 2018 #3

No penalty SHRED Aug 2018 #6

Wow! LandOfHopeAndDreams Aug 2018 #13

Whoa! How many times did you drive it? Rorey Aug 2018 #4

Just once on our way from Colorado Springs to Loveland SHRED Aug 2018 #5

I'm scratching my head Rorey Aug 2018 #11

Do they have E-Z PASS? 3Hotdogs Aug 2018 #9

Not sure SHRED Aug 2018 #10

We have something similar to EZ-Pass Emoji Guy Aug 2018 #12

Driving the length of the Pa. Pike also dings you more than $50.00 3Hotdogs Aug 2018 #14

you're right mountain grammy Aug 2018 #15

E-470 is fixed price Colorado Liberal Aug 2018 #17

Used it once two years ago mountain grammy Aug 2018 #21

Why was I charged this rate then? SHRED Aug 2018 #23

Call them... They should have number & website on the invoice. They have a decent customer service hlthe2b Aug 2018 #24

I will thanks SHRED Aug 2018 #25

It is. Just moved back to CO from NH JDC Aug 2018 #16

Tolls roads are antithetical to the common good. sandensea Aug 2018 #18

N.J. highway authority is also a rip-off sinicure. 3Hotdogs Aug 2018 #19

We all need all the arts center we can get, but there's better ways to finance it than the tolls. marble falls Aug 2018 #22

But it wasn't about jobs. It was about patronage jobs. 3Hotdogs Aug 2018 #31

+1 sandensea Aug 2018 #29

Oh yeah, they get you every time. CanonRay Aug 2018 #26

I called them SHRED Aug 2018 #30

Sorry that happened. 33taw Aug 2018 #33