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West-side cities re-emphasizing opposition to toll for new road

Wake up! Tolling is not a dead issue. Tolling is the future of transportation funding. Kill the gas tax, it's dying anyway.

My favorite quote is: "I would argue that as despised as increases in gas tax or registration fees are, those would be more equitable to everyone for the road, because then everyone in the state would share it, rather than just those on the west side."

So, you want everyone in the state to share the cost of a road that mostly just those on the west side are going to use? Sounds pretty fair to me.

Toll roads are a wonderful concept. If you use the road, then you help pay to build and keep it up, just like if you need gas you pay for what you use yourself.

I am proud of these cities for taking a stand. A toll road would be disproportionately harmful to one segment of the valley. Imagine the east side outrage if the I-80 rebuild were a toll road, or the east bench of I-215.

Equitable? Is it equitable for someone in San Juan County to pay for a highway that he or she may never see? Those who use it should pay for it. Either make it a toll road or spread the cost among those in Salt Lake County and maybe Utah County.

Toll roads are the best way to keep roads in good shape. They also don't wreak havoc on the state budget because funding comes directly from those who use it.

I, for one, will not use the highway if it is a toll road.