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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think they should expand it but get rid of the tolls. The fact that the county wants tolls proves they’ve lost sense. [/quote]
I think moco opposed tolls. But they oppose expanding roads in any capacity. I wish the county council were required to take public transit. Then they'd stop screwing over the non elite.[/quote]
I knew they opposed roads generally, but the last plan was that tolls were removed for the whole beltway except the section from 270 to the Bridge and then tolls were also included up 270.

Interesting. The local “transit” people who just hate the county were actually happy with this, so I assumed that it was the council’s doing. I would be interested to hear directly from individuals where they stand. [/quote]

No, that's incorrect. The Beltway was removed from the plan, period, except the section between the bridge and the 270 split. There was no plan for any widening without tolls. Tolls are what was supposedly going to pay the for-profit company that was going to build the widening and operate the toll lanes.

If you want to widen the Beltway and 270 without tolls, then you need to come up with at least $9 billion (with a b) in tax money from somewhere.[/quote]

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