At a recent conference information was provided about toll roads in Southern California, Currently there are several toll roads in the Los Angles area. Amoung them are the 91,73,133,261 and the proposed 241. These roads are all financed by private funds thus allowing gas tax money to be used on different projects.
The proposed 241 is similar in length to the Placer Parkway in Placer County . Placer Park Way would be a bypass for cars on IS80 going to and from Sacramento as the 241 is a bypass for IS5. Both projects would reduce travel time by the year 2025 from one hour down to 25 minutes. A brief study of the Placer PArkway was done by the Federal Highway Department and those were the results of the study.
If the Placer Park Way was a toll road it would free over 600 million dollars in funds to be used for other needed raod projects.
Would you pay a toll road fee of $3.00 to save 35 to 40 minutes on your comuter to Sacramento?
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Would it still take 25 minutes if you have to stop at a toll both?
If it's saving that much time then everyone would want to start using it.
What about commercial vehicles? Would they have to pay a higher toll? Would it be per axle or by weight?
Would they have the FastPass system in place like in the Bay Area?
Sounds like a good idea to me. Let's face it though, here in Loomis we would get the benefit without the cost. By that I mean it would make no sense for someone who lives here to take the toll road--the best route to Sacramento is I-80 because it is very direct. However, we would benefit from the toll road because many of the people that would be crowding I-80 would instead be paying money for the toll road leaving I-80 less crowded.
I guess what I am saying is although I love the idea, it almost seems unfair that I should vote.
Does less traffic on I-80 translate into less commerce for Loomis?
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