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Most toll roads were designed that way when built

Posted on: April 22, 2012 at 17:32:49 CT
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it's really hard to retrofit toll roads after the fact...

feeder roads, limited access, toll booths at every main exit, feeder roads to the toll booths and reengineered access off and on the interstate..

I-70 has exits every 2-4 miles, sometimes more. Can they even afford to have 250 toll booths (at least two each direction for each exit). The salaries for the toll booths would run at least 25K per seat, which means 4 people per week, plus 8 hours overtime (168 hour month), or $120 thousand per seat X 250 or at least $30 million per year just for toll takers.

Infrastructure would run into the billions. It would take decades to recover the cost, much less improve the system.
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The Best Thing That Mizzou can do to appear more impressive - sarasotatiger MU - 4/22 15:53:09
     Bogus post as far as I 70 goes. - TigerinKansas MU - 4/22 19:57:24
          RE: A step above a gravel road. - MUDude MU - 4/22 20:31:45
               I drove from KC to St. Louis and back every week for - SB in KC MU - 4/22 21:27:38
     Clearly you've never driven through Iowa... NM - JoeDec89 MU - 4/22 19:30:35
     Try driving through Louisiana sometime. (nm) - smashmouth MU - 4/22 18:34:38
     Go to Iowa, worst roads you've ever seen, stop complaining - TIGER1640 MU - 4/22 18:00:47
     Missouri one of two states given permission by - jumbo73 MU - 4/22 17:07:16
          we might as well do tolls-I pay them in every other state - Beakerbasher KC - 4/22 17:26:29
               Most toll roads were designed that way when built - Bobk MU - 4/22 17:32:49
                    But if we spend a billion or two to retrofit I-70 so there - sarge MU - 4/22 18:59:08
                    Yep. It would be hard to do, but a number of states are - jumbo73 MU - 4/22 17:37:42
               I'd be fine with it, but, I don't have to drive the - jumbo73 MU - 4/22 17:32:44
     RE: Travel Illinois roads esp near Chi then complain nm - tigerman MU - 4/22 16:43:16
     From KC to CoMO, I-70 has been great for about the - SuperTone MU - 4/22 16:31:16
          For real. I-70 is fine from KC(nm) - Merlin KC - 4/22 16:49:24
               I-70 is fine from StL too - thedad STL - 4/22 19:23:06
     is win more games (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 4/22 16:29:34
     Not a political stmt, but I believe this to be true. - jumbo73 MU - 4/22 16:18:27
          California has a lot of crappy freeways - Knucklehead MU - 4/22 16:22:16
               Will vouch for this(nm) - bearcatiger KC - 4/22 16:28:48
               Granted, but the major interstates (N/S and E/W) are in - jumbo73 MU - 4/22 16:26:54
     Driven Warrensburg to Columbia eight times in last 5 months - Knucklehead MU - 4/22 16:17:56
     Michigan roads are much, much worse.(nm) - Mizzmi27 MU - 4/22 16:01:53
     All the shovel ready projects were completed two years ago (nm) - samclemens MU - 4/22 15:59:55
     Yes they are. Worst I've seen. You can thank the - SEMOTiger1 STL - 4/22 15:58:05
          55 in northeast Ar-kansas is the absolute worst, as - Fred G. Sanford USA - 4/22 16:06:30
               This. I thought I had a flat our broken my shocks(nm) - BleedBlack&Gold MU - 4/22 16:10:37
                    Was down there this week and it was like driving on an - Fred G. Sanford USA - 4/22 16:19:38
                         RE: Was down there this week and it was like driving on an - sarasotatiger MU - 4/22 18:33:07
               Agree, and they don't shovel the snow, so it takes forever (nm) - thebrave MU - 4/22 16:10:17
     MODOT needs a re-branding. nm - AlleyCat ARMY - 4/22 15:57:24
          Think Nike would give MDOT a oval logo deal(nm) - recruiter MU - 4/22 16:07:37
          New MODOT uniforms would attract better concrete talent(nm) - Fred G. Sanford USA - 4/22 16:07:33




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