Ever wonder just how bad TXDOT wants to toll our roads?

Well, for days now TXDOT and NTTA (North Texas Tollway Authority) have argued over a contract to build a road in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Just search google news to find some of the details. While the saga itself may not be worth worrying about, I read an article about it today that highlighted just how BADLY TXDOT wants to toll our roads instead of building them with tax dollars as free roads.

Check out the couple paragraphs in this article...quoted below.

Bill Hale, Dallas district engineer for TxDOT, said through a spokesman last night that he was convinced something would be worked out either overnight Wednesday or soon thereafter.

"I can tell you one thing for certain, it's not going to be a tax road" – even if the April 16 deadline has to be extended, he said.

See full article here.
Wow, he's sure it won't be a free road. Heaven forbid we actually build a free road. We must, I mean MUST, find a way to milk more dollars out of average Joe commuter.