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95 was widened from DC to NC without new tolls -- Vienna_Hokie 01/08/2019 5:53PM They could fix many of the issues for free..... -- McLovin 01/08/2019 5:23PM Man, that was true in the 80s when i lived there! ** -- WestyHokie 01/09/2019 08:04AM Then every car would want to be in left lane -- One4VT 01/08/2019 5:34PM I farking hate tolls... politicians should just have the guts to raise the -- 81_Hokie 01/08/2019 4:43PM You forgot P Rick Scott who is raking it in from the Sunpass folks, allegge ** -- aint2Hokie4me 01/08/2019 7:35PM More taxes, yes we do not pay enough already ** -- fordham 01/08/2019 3:46PM Actually the US is one of the lowest taxed countries, but hey... ** -- UTPr0sim 01/08/2019 6:01PM You pay enough to maintain 2 lanes. Are you happy with that? ** -- jmanatVT 01/08/2019 4:45PM This will be a business killer along the entire I-81 corridor ** -- BayHokie 01/08/2019 3:45PM Every valley chamber of commerce is on board -- One4VT 01/08/2019 4:45PM Is there an alternative? ** -- 48zip 01/08/2019 3:56PM Yes, hopefully our taxes can pay for the toll booths to go up! -- Vtskier1 01/08/2019 3:29PM That's good point, stoopid electric cars!! -- BTHokie 01/08/2019 3:35PM Six "metro areas" 81 goes through? That's generous -- HokieMacDaddy 01/08/2019 3:18PM Stores on Rte. 11 say "Hallelujah!" ** -- 48zip 01/08/2019 3:08PM Will the small motels make a comeback? ** -- TomTurkey 01/08/2019 3:14PM Congratulations VA...you have officially joined NY, IL and NJ -- Vienna_Hokie 01/08/2019 2:05PM It's a user fee. All highways ought to have them IMO. The people that use -- hucareshokiesrul 01/08/2019 2:04PM Agree. Rather see them raise the gas tax though. Rather than have to build -- The Bear 01/08/2019 4:43PM Well, yes and no, the Eisenhower highway system was a great boon -- `lag 01/08/2019 3:01PM 'lag, you seem quite knowledgeable on this subject. Got a great read for -- Stork 01/08/2019 4:35PM I'm certainly interested, not even sure why... -- `lag 01/08/2019 4:49PM It's an interesting read. His latest book is about Tangier Island -- Stork 01/08/2019 4:52PM Couple the tolls with a proportional decrease in the gas tax and I'll agree -- HokieNoVA 01/08/2019 2:10PM Gas tax was 17.5 cents prior to 2013 and is now 16.2 cents -- KeithHokie89 01/09/2019 12:16PM If they take a dollar & give a dollar where does the extra money come from? ** -- Hoakie82 01/08/2019 3:15PM From the people driving on 81 that don't fill up in VA ** -- BTHokie 01/08/2019 3:36PM I was thinking tolls vs gas tax in general not just I-81 because we have -- Hoakie82 01/08/2019 4:09PM Do electric vehicles pay some fee equivalent to the gas tax? After all, -- HokieEngineer 01/08/2019 2:53PM No, EV vehicles pay nothing currently, a mileage tax is coming for everyone -- fordham 01/08/2019 3:46PM EVs pay a higher registration fee that captures road use ** -- MEHOKIE 01/08/2019 9:46PM I think it's tolls vs tax increase to get the $2B necessary** -- hucareshokiesrul 01/08/2019 2:10PM The tax increase that was proposed was going to be a local tax within -- hoosnowahokie 01/08/2019 2:16PM No brainer for VA state tax payers. ** -- `lag 01/08/2019 2:12PM I’d rather they impose tolls than local sales & tax increase ** -- HokieDiver 01/08/2019 2:02PM Awesome. VA is turning into New Jersey. ** -- HokieNoVA 01/08/2019 1:58PM NJ turnpike is a realatively good deal compared to MD, Delaware -- `lag 01/08/2019 2:14PM My wife commutes on I-81 every day, so I was not thrilled about the toll -- HokieEngineer 01/08/2019 1:45PM Lawmakers unintentionally created one of those perturbations themselves -- Tafkam Hokie 01/08/2019 5:45PM Yeah, the pass for residents is a great deal if the funds are used -- hoosnowahokie 01/08/2019 2:05PM Well we have the Lee HWY. 😊 ** -- Major Kong 01/08/2019 1:28PM That'll be fun !! ** -- hokeeron1 01/08/2019 1:35PM Yeah I live on top of a hill overlooking I-81 and US 11 at MM42... -- Major Kong 01/08/2019 2:13PM Same here in downtown Abingdon :>)... -- hokeeron1 01/08/2019 4:48PM Here's the "excecutive summary" (link) -- RhinoVT 01/08/2019 1:27PM Surprised they didn't suggest putting tolls on 95 and 66 at the beltway -- EDGEMAN 01/08/2019 1:15PM It was suggested for 64 tolls for funding 460 from P'burg to Suffolk ** -- TomTurkey 01/08/2019 3:06PM I don't think you understand how fed-up people who travel this everyday -- hoosnowahokie 01/08/2019 2:14PM A way to punish people that didn't vote for him? Like all those out of -- RhinoVT 01/08/2019 2:05PM "Joined by almost a dozen Republican and Democratic lawmakers from the -- jmanatVT 01/08/2019 1:56PM Federal Highway system has had an interesting history. -- `lag 01/08/2019 2:06PM Sunshine Parkway in Florida, Turner Tnpk in OK and KY Tnpk too. -- 48zip 01/08/2019 4:17PM Map shows 441 as the Sunshine Parkway, but showing -- `lag 01/08/2019 4:22PM I think originally it was incorporated in the I-state system. -- 48zip 01/08/2019 5:18PM So, basically, the NE paid for their own roads, then much of the South's -- hucareshokiesrul 01/08/2019 4:04PM No they did not, they paid off the roads but never got rid of the income.. -- `lag 01/08/2019 4:14PM But if they paid into the federal system via gas taxes but also paid for -- hucareshokiesrul 01/08/2019 4:22PM The 757 got a gas tax, and we're finally seeing road improvements to our -- Stork 01/08/2019 2:43PM Well sure, the lighbulb will go on if I81 is a success. ** -- `lag 01/08/2019 1:35PM They already exist so..... ** -- vtbones 01/08/2019 1:15PM There is a toll on I-95 & I-66 at the beltway? -- EDGEMAN 01/08/2019 1:16PM There are rush hour tolls on 66 inside the beltway -- hucareshokiesrul 01/08/2019 1:57PM That's a $31 toll to go from I-66 to 460. ** -- vtbones 01/08/2019 1:10PM Wait, it says variable rates too. I'm sure it will be reasonable... -- vtbones 01/08/2019 1:13PM Good Lord - my trips to Blacksburg just got $60 more expensive. ** -- vt90 01/08/2019 1:10PM This is bad for VT IMO. Will certainly impact demand, which -- BG Hokie 01/08/2019 1:38PM It could work. If it can somehow tame gridlock and improve potential -- RhinoVT 01/08/2019 1:47PM I posted this before I knew of the $30 per year pass so it's -- BG Hokie 01/08/2019 1:49PM Oh yeah. I know people here in Richmond that spend $3 in gas driving around -- RhinoVT 01/08/2019 1:54PM 895 (Pocahontas Parkway) is an example of diminishing returns -- TomTurkey 01/08/2019 3:17PM I hate to say it but it makes sense. Va taxpayers ain't going to pay... -- `lag 01/08/2019 1:58PM Rail would be the ultimate answer but it won't happen. Trucks can complain -- RhinoVT 01/08/2019 2:01PM Any added cost just get passed on in the form of higher shipping charges -- fordham 01/08/2019 4:39PM This is true, but not having that added cost in tolls means -- jmanatVT 01/08/2019 4:58PM Rail is a great option but isn't passenger rail almost always subsidized as -- BG Hokie 01/08/2019 3:53PM Yeah, it won't happen. For 81, an increase in freight rail would be the -- RhinoVT 01/08/2019 4:17PM Plan to take trucks off outside roanoke and put them on rail was -- Nelsonia Hokie 01/08/2019 3:32PM I can see OOS truckers grumbling but realizing it's a good thing. -- `lag 01/08/2019 2:10PM Well, $30 per yer, so no ** -- JoesterVT 01/08/2019 1:12PM I didn't read it that way ... -- vt90 01/08/2019 1:14PM Sorry, see below ** -- JoesterVT 01/08/2019 1:18PM Sorry...the 'Noke Times version said Va residents could buy a pass $30/yr ** -- JoesterVT 01/08/2019 1:13PM How about MD residents? anyway, going down the same path as vt90 -- `lag 01/08/2019 1:33PM Actually, I apparently made the "Va resident" part up (text inside) -- JoesterVT 01/08/2019 1:35PM Fair enough, make it down there 3-4 times a year? -- `lag 01/08/2019 1:53PM Good news is when the 2 billion is paid off the tolls go away just like the -- HokieDan95 01/08/2019 1:08PM Just like the Ft. McHenry tunnel in Baltimore ** -- MEHOKIE 01/08/2019 9:49PM Just like the New York State Thruway was supposed to 20 years ago or so? -- Late 80s Hokie 01/08/2019 3:23PM The Dulles Toll Road was originally supposed to be temporary too. ** -- HokieNoVA 01/08/2019 2:13PM Not a chance. ** -- EDGEMAN 01/08/2019 1:15PM That's the sarcasm,the tolls were never taken off the Powhite as they were -- HokieDan95 01/08/2019 1:20PM Well, they took them off of I-95! ** -- 48zip 01/08/2019 2:26PM Technically, Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike -- TomTurkey 01/08/2019 3:13PM Yep. It preceeded the interstate system. ** -- 48zip 01/08/2019 3:23PM Man, they had cash. Always experimenting with innovative maintenance ideas. -- TomTurkey 01/08/2019 3:26PM They added tolls to I-66 40 years after it was completed ... -- vt90 01/08/2019 1:52PM The only toll ever to come down in the history of tolls might be the I-95 -- RhinoVT 01/08/2019 1:38PM Didn't I-95 in Conn. drop tolls about 20 years ago? ** -- SteveInBaltimore 01/08/2019 6:39PM I looked it up, 1985 -- SteveInBaltimore 01/08/2019 6:40PM Only because 295 was built ** -- HokieDan95 01/08/2019 3:26PM Quarter at mainline booths and fifteen cents at ramps. -- TomTurkey 01/08/2019 3:22PM Stick to the scrip ** -- 48zip 01/08/2019 3:58PM 🛣 ** -- TomTurkey 01/08/2019 4:03PM More than half the collected tolls went to dismantling the toll plazas. -- 48zip 01/08/2019 2:30PM At one time, I-264 in VB had a toll, but it was before... -- EDGEMAN 01/08/2019 1:34PM And traffic was 1 car better after that day ** -- jmanatVT 01/08/2019 1:43PMTech Sideline is Presented By:
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