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Originally Posted by Riverranchdrone
The money also doesn't help keep the tolls open during Ice storms. The tolls also entrap much of Austin's less wealthy neighborhoods. Kind of like what IH-35 did to east Austin in the past. Also the tolls are owned by foreign companies so the money does not stay here to benefit the communities.
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Toll roads in Austin include:
Loop 1 N tolls
183A
Mopac toll lanes
45N
45SW
They're about to build 183N and still pushing for S Mopac toll lanes.
None of those are in East Austin. Many are running to and through more affluent neighborhoods. The claim that tolls are trapping the poor doesn't hold up.
1 section of 130 is leased out. And it's not even the section that runs in Austin. The other roads are directly owned and operated by TxDot or CTRMA.