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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think people who support it have not really learned about the plan.  2 New lanes plus the HOV 2 lanes will become 24-7 Toll HOV-3 lanes.  I think the projected toll is about  $20 from the MD line to exit 9.  The lanes will stop there...and the traffic will too.  There is no help for anyone above exit 9.  The toll lanes will be completely seperate from the non-toll lanes.  If you want to enter the toll lanes you will use seperate entrances which do not exist now...like Guide.  You can not go from non-toll to toll lanes with out exiting the highway and driving on local roads.  I do support some expansion but not this one.[/quote]

Plus, nobody is going to pay those tolls unless the non-toll lanes are backed up.[/quote]
Just like no one in VA pays the tolls? [/quote]

People in Virginia pay the tolls even when the traffic is flowing freely in the non-toll lanes? That's foolish of them. What do they do that for?[/quote]

Because it's unpredictable and you have few places to enter the toll lanes, so you need to decide when you are entering the highway. At certain times of day, it may have low tolls because traffic is light, but you know it's likely to jam up by the time you're half-way into your journey (like at the start of rush hour).[/quote]

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