It costs more to build a tolled freeway than a free freeway. Feb 14, 2005, Central Texas MPO meeting minutes:
Council Member McCracken: And also just to make sure refer to the 290 and Oak Hill project it reflects that that road will also be more expensive to build as a toll road than it would be as a free road?
Bob Daigh (TxDOT dist. eng): Yes.
Council Member McCracken: In fact, by my calculations, at least in the information that the Board has, it will cost $90.8 million more to build these as toll roads than it will to build them as free roads.
Bob Daigh (TxDOT dist. eng): It will cost approximately $100 million more.
Since 05, TxDOT says it will now cost $411 million for the bloated tollway. Toll roads must be larger to separate the haves and have nots. Fix290.org has a free road plan that costs $100 million, some say it would cost as much as $200 million. But, $200m is still far less than $400m.
Bob Daigh (TxDOT dist. eng): Yes.
Council Member McCracken: In fact, by my calculations, at least in the information that the Board has, it will cost $90.8 million more to build these as toll roads than it will to build them as free roads.
Bob Daigh (TxDOT dist. eng): It will cost approximately $100 million more.
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