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Old 04-10-2011, 04:05 PM
 
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hd video of the newest segement of the tollway opening in late february


YouTube - Sam Houston Toll Road ( NE Beltway 8 ) & Texas Beltway 8 US-59 To I-45 Houston, TX
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Old 04-10-2011, 04:27 PM
 
Location: Sugar Land
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Tollway SUCKS... No intent to rain on your parade mate... But paying for tollways is just another RIPOFF, highway ROBERY....
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Old 04-10-2011, 04:29 PM
 
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Only took them 30 yrs. lol
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Old 04-10-2011, 04:31 PM
 
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Tollway SUCKS... No intent to rain on your parade mate... But paying for tollways is just another RIPOFF, highway ROBBERY....
Fixed and I agree. I guess when you pay taxes you get never ending construction with bad roads.
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Old 04-10-2011, 08:02 PM
 
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Awesome video!
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Old 04-11-2011, 06:06 AM
 
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Tollway SUCKS... No intent to rain on your parade mate... But paying for tollways is just another RIPOFF, highway ROBERY....
It's only highway robbery if you are FORCED to pay tolls. No one is forcing anyone to take tollways because there are various ways to get around this city.

If you don't like 'em, don't use 'em. I for one LOVE it. And if the HOV lane ever became a toll lane, I would pay to drive in that as well.
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Old 07-09-2012, 10:34 PM
 
Location: Sugar Land
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You don't have another CHOICE mate..... They're forcing you to deal with traffic while fat cats are making a killing from inside deals.

Salaries of top-paid TxDOT execs up 42.5 percent - Houston Chronicle


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It's only highway robbery if you are FORCED to pay tolls. No one is forcing anyone to take tollways because there are various ways to get around this city.

If you don't like 'em, don't use 'em. I for one LOVE it. And if the HOV lane ever became a toll lane, I would pay to drive in that as well.
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Old 07-10-2012, 05:57 AM
 
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You don't have another CHOICE mate..... They're forcing you to deal with traffic while fat cats are making a killing from inside deals.

Salaries of top-paid TxDOT execs up 42.5 percent - Houston Chronicle
No, you are choosing to deal with more traffic to avoid toll roads. That's fine. Doesn't bother me. I don't care if toll ways are privately owned. Frankly, the toll roads are more well kept, easier to drive on, and tend to have less traffic.

It's really no different that choosing to buy from a mom and pop store vs a big box store. Both have their pros and cons.
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Old 07-10-2012, 06:08 AM
 
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You don't have another CHOICE mate..... They're forcing you to deal with traffic while fat cats are making a killing from inside deals.

Salaries of top-paid TxDOT execs up 42.5 percent - Houston Chronicle
TXDot execs would have extravagant salaries with or without tollways. The government sucks at trying
pay people because it's worse than the most bureaucratic company so it's trying to find competence while promoting incompetence. This has little to do with tollways however, which can be managed well and have funding built in to make upgrades when necessary compared to interstates that depend on the largesse of state and federal payrolls.
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Old 07-10-2012, 08:18 AM
 
Location: Houston
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hd video of the newest segement of the tollway opening in late february


YouTube - Sam Houston Toll Road ( NE Beltway 8 ) & Texas Beltway 8 US-59 To I-45 Houston, TX
Nice video! Eventhough tollways totally suck, I wish that HCTRA would remove cash toll gantries on the Sam Houston Tollway and replace them with cashless ones like they have on the NE Sam Houston Tollway. I like the fact that you don't even have to slow down or swurve through the big old tollbooths like you have to on the north, west and south segments.
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