According to a source at the NCDOT, there is currently no funding for any section of I-540 construction right now. In recent years, the amount of money the NCDOT has been able to spend on roads has been reduced significantly. The same source questions where is the money from the highway trust fund going. The NCDOT itself needs better internal checks and balances so money is not wasted. Millions of dollars have been wasted fixing I-40 improvements from 147 to 15/501 between Durham and Chapel Hill. So, what does this mean for us This means the NCTA (NC Turnpike Authority) says \"Toll road or NO road\" for construction to move forward. This seems like a scare tactic, a way to force the public into accepting a tolling authority in NC and toll roads in the Triangle area. One of the NCTA\'s key restrictions is \"No tolls on existing roads\". The NC Legislature (who is responsible for appointing some of the NCTA Board of Directors) ammended Senate Bill 1381 in favor of the NCTA to allow tolling (if tolls go forward) on an ALREADY EXISTING ROAD! This would be the stretch of 540 that will be opening as FREE road from 40 to 55 (RTP) sometime in the next few months. According to the NCDOT, 540 signs are all in place at the new interchanges, currently covered in black plastic. It is possible that all these signs could be removed if the NCTA has their way and the road would no longer be called 540. This means 540 would no longer be a complete loop (when finished) around Wake County, but a road known by many different names, some free sections, some tolled sections. If the NCTA gets their way and the road is not named 540, you can bet tolls are coming and that road won\'t remain toll free for long (year 2011 according to the NCTA). Let\'s tell the NC Legislature and NCTA that you do not want tolls on 540. 540 should be a complete loop under one name around Wake County and everyone in all parts of the county should benefit from having no tolls on this loop.
Indictments are beginning to appear in former Gov. Easley's campaign. It makes us wonder what other garbage may have happened behind the scenes to get the General Assembly to approve tolling a portion of 540. His very own "21st Century Transportation Committee" supported tolls, I wonder why? He also had Lindo Tippet (at the time was Transportation Secretary of NC) also appointed as the head of the Board for the NC Turnpike Authority. It seems like a great conflict of interest for those to be the same person. All the while Tippet is funneling funds to his hometown district over other districts with needs. How about that I-85 bridge over the Yadkin River?
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
June 13, 2008
Reached 100 supporters
May 16, 2007
May 15, 2007
The NCTA is trying to bully us into paying for roads our taxes already covered but we are almost at one hundred signatures. Send this link to everyone you know right now so we can hit this goal and show these bureaucrats that we are not falling for their tolling schemes.
44 Comments
Either ALL of 540 should be a toll road or NONE of 540 should be a toll road! No favoritism should be shown to residents who live in certain sections of Wake County. Everyone paid for the existing sections of 540; southern residents should not have to pay double for the new sections of 540 while northern residents pay nothing. Either all of 540 is a toll road or none... that's the only fair way!
I just moved to Holly Springs. I am shocked the 540 tolls are costing me $150/month!!! Unreal!
There's no toll for the Northern proportion and if you're not going to tell them not supposed to be able to toll anybody else in the south that's discrimination We pay as much or more taxes in Johnston county out they raise the rates that should be sufficient we're paying gas tax too at the yang yang
I oppose toll roads in North Carolina and section Senate Bill 1381 residence of North Carolina paid too many taxes to the states and I believe all money. Every dime from toll roads should be shown to North Carolina public residence. There’s way too much corruption in our politicians.
Roads should be paid through taxes. It can be a burden to the poor.
NC Quick pass has private members accounts. I am one of them, but they would not honor my toll because I purchased a new vehicle and did not add it to my account before using the toll road. This is bull crap!
If they are going to charge tolls on the south side they should be charged throughout 540 and any new construction. Not fair to charge some taxpayers and not others.
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According to a source at the NCDOT, there is currently no funding for any section of I-540 construction right now. In recent years, the amount of money the NCDOT has been able to spend on roads has been reduced significantly. The same source questions where is the money from the highway trust fund going. The NCDOT itself needs better internal checks and balances so money is not wasted. Millions of dollars have been wasted fixing I-40 improvements from 147 to 15/501 between Durham and Chapel Hill. So, what does this mean for us This means the NCTA (NC Turnpike Authority) says \"Toll road or NO road\" for construction to move forward. This seems like a scare tactic, a way to force the public into accepting a tolling authority in NC and toll roads in the Triangle area. One of the NCTA\'s key restrictions is \"No tolls on existing roads\". The NC Legislature (who is responsible for appointing some of the NCTA Board of Directors) ammended Senate Bill 1381 in favor of the NCTA to allow tolling (if tolls go forward) on an ALREADY EXISTING ROAD! This would be the stretch of 540 that will be opening as FREE road from 40 to 55 (RTP) sometime in the next few months. According to the NCDOT, 540 signs are all in place at the new interchanges, currently covered in black plastic. It is possible that all these signs could be removed if the NCTA has their way and the road would no longer be called 540. This means 540 would no longer be a complete loop (when finished) around Wake County, but a road known by many different names, some free sections, some tolled sections. If the NCTA gets their way and the road is not named 540, you can bet tolls are coming and that road won\'t remain toll free for long (year 2011 according to the NCTA). Let\'s tell the NC Legislature and NCTA that you do not want tolls on 540. 540 should be a complete loop under one name around Wake County and everyone in all parts of the county should benefit from having no tolls on this loop.
Indictments are beginning to appear in former Gov. Easley's campaign. It makes us wonder what other garbage may have happened behind the scenes to get the General Assembly to approve tolling a portion of 540. His very own "21st Century Transportation Committee" supported tolls, I wonder why? He also had Lindo Tippet (at the time was Transportation Secretary of NC) also appointed as the head of the Board for the NC Turnpike Authority. It seems like a great conflict of interest for those to be the same person. All the while Tippet is funneling funds to his hometown district over other districts with needs. How about that I-85 bridge over the Yadkin River?
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
June 13, 2008
Reached 100 supporters
May 16, 2007
May 15, 2007
The NCTA is trying to bully us into paying for roads our taxes already covered but we are almost at one hundred signatures. Send this link to everyone you know right now so we can hit this goal and show these bureaucrats that we are not falling for their tolling schemes.
44 Comments
Your mismanagement of funds is not our responsibility. Toll rolls are theft in the purest form. Gas tax for roads at the pump, tax on vehicles we drive, road built from taxes. Pay to drive on a road we paid for?
Either ALL of 540 should be a toll road or NONE of 540 should be a toll road! No favoritism should be shown to residents who live in certain sections of Wake County. Everyone paid for the existing sections of 540; southern residents should not have to pay double for the new sections of 540 while northern residents pay nothing. Either all of 540 is a toll road or none... that's the only fair way!
I just moved to Holly Springs. I am shocked the 540 tolls are costing me $150/month!!! Unreal!
There's no toll for the Northern proportion and if you're not going to tell them not supposed to be able to toll anybody else in the south that's discrimination We pay as much or more taxes in Johnston county out they raise the rates that should be sufficient we're paying gas tax too at the yang yang
I oppose toll roads in North Carolina and section Senate Bill 1381 residence of North Carolina paid too many taxes to the states and I believe all money. Every dime from toll roads should be shown to North Carolina public residence. There’s way too much corruption in our politicians.
Roads should be paid through taxes. It can be a burden to the poor.
NC Quick pass has private members accounts. I am one of them, but they would not honor my toll because I purchased a new vehicle and did not add it to my account before using the toll road. This is bull crap!
If they are going to charge tolls on the south side they should be charged throughout 540 and any new construction. Not fair to charge some taxpayers and not others.
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Your mismanagement of funds is not our responsibility. Toll rolls are theft in the purest form. Gas tax for roads at the pump, tax on vehicles we drive, road built from taxes. Pay to drive on a road we paid for?