Originally Posted by RustyC

Closer to home, in Atlanta we got our first toll road as the Georgia 400 extension some years ago. The state pols promised there would be tolls only as long as needed to pay off the road. Hah! They've already uncovered diversions of that money for other purposes and very few people expect the tolls ever to be eliminated. They were supposed to be used only to pay for the road but will be pinched as a source of revenue for other things long after the road is paid for.