Originally Posted by
bombermwc
The only problem with the turnpikes right now is that ODOT can't absorb the extra cost to maintain them. They are far better maintained right now as toll roads, not matter how annoying it is to pay to drive. Until the legislature corrects ODOT's funding, we're stuck with it. And that's not going to happen until we can pass something like a 5 cent/gallon tax on gas. People are sooooo opposed to it, but it means so little to a person filling up, but so much over all. So the state basically gets a $1 for each time someone gets gas. $1 X's how many fill-ups in a year?....right to ODOT for the roads we use. It's been tried, and we voted it down in our lovely smart anti-anything-new-tax minds.
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