The toll before the toll road
From a story (link here) in today's paper:
RALEIGH - Drivers would pay roughly a third more for their car's annual registration stickers to help fund toll roads throughout the state under legislation passed by the Senate on Monday.The fee would rise $8 on most vehicles, to $36 for the owner of a passenger car. That would raise about $50 million a year, which would go to the N.C. Turnpike Authority.
"The fact of the matter is no turnpike project today is 100 percent self-supporting, not just in North Carolina but anywhere," said David Joyner , the authority's executive director.
Comments (2)
To report abuse of the comment feature on this site, please use the feedback form at the bottom of any page.
Thanks NC State respresentatives for yet another 'pro' in our decision to move back to VA, as we are looking for more land, house, and barns to expand our llama farm operations. We have been looking in the triade area, however, with another NC off-the-wall "lets raise taxes, fees, etc for roads and schools", Virginia is looking better and better.
Mike Higgins - Gibsonville, NC
Posted on July 31, 2007 4:45 PM
Thanks NC State representatives for yet another 'pro' in our decision to move back to VA, as we are looking for more land, house, and barns to expand our llama farm operations. We have been looking in the triad area, however, with another NC off-the-wall "lets raise taxes, fees, etc for roads and schools", Virginia is looking better and better.
It should be put to a vote on a state wide election for all registered voters to voice their vote on it, then possibly our state representatives will get the message that enough is enough. (Items of this nature [tax and fee increases] related to individual counties should also be voted by the respective county tax payers on to get the enough is enough message across to the county representatives) Also, what small percentage of the NC tax and fee payers are going to benefit from this latest fleecing of the NC tax/fee payers, and where will the increased fees really go?
Mike Higgins - Gibsonville, NC
Posted on July 31, 2007 4:59 PM