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DEBATE * USA - TOLL ROAD
* Mississippi - Governor signs toll road bill
USA -Land Line Magazine -April 25, 2007: -- Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour signed a bill into law this week to authorize toll roads as a revenue generator for new construction... Former state laws prohibited toll roads... The new law – formerly bill SB2375 – authorizes the Mississippi Department of Transportation, county boards and city officials to borrow against future toll revenues to construct new road and bridge projects. The tolls would be retired after the specific project is paid for... One provision in the law is a mandate that alternative free routes remain available and maintained so drivers have a choice whether to use toll roads or avoid them...
* Florida - House OKs bill that includes authorization to lease toll roads
FL,USA -Land Line Magazine -April 26, 2007: -- The Florida House has approved a far-reaching transportation bill that would allow the Florida Department of Transportation to lease most toll roads in the state to private groups... The Republican-led House voted 78-37 Wednesday, April 25, along party lines to send a bill to the Senate that would apply to any existing toll facilities in the state’s highway system, except the Florida Turnpike system. If the agreement for leasing an existing facility does not include provisions for additional capacity, the project must be approved by FDOT...
* Tennessee - House panel OKs toll road bill
Tenn,USA -Land Line Magazine -April 26, 2007: -- With the state struggling to pay for needed transportation work, legislation on the move in the Tennessee House would authorize tolling as a method to pay for new road and bridge work in the state... The proposed “Tennessee Tollway Act” would allow the state to issue bonds and incur debt to pay for toll projects. Private groups also would be allowed to build and operate the “pay-to-play” routes... The House Transportation Committee approve a bill Tuesday, April 24, that would allow tolls “as an additional and alternative method” to pay for highway work. It doesn’t specify toll roads or rates...
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