Recently there has been question on whether the tolls on GA 400 should be lifted due to excess reserves held by the state. CBS news has continued to cover this story, and is asking why are we still paying these tolls considering the bad economy. If you lift the toll 400 will become more congested, and the state or the GOT will lose a source of income. This extra money that it is collecting now could be put forth to expand roads where needed, instead of only paying for GA 400. As a result the state could reduce its future risk of having to raise funds for road work, as well as not increase traffic on an already busy road.
Even though I don’t use the road I believe that drivers should continue to pay the tolls. Once you remove the tolls then there will be increased traffic due to the people that avoid 400. In due time there will need to be construction to expand the road, and the future toll money would fund this expansion and plan for the future. After all, Georgia’s roads aren’t the greatest, and we all know when 5 o’clock comes around its impossible to go anywhere.
Links: CBS news
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