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TexasTowelie

(112,252 posts)
Mon Feb 19, 2018, 12:34 AM Feb 2018

Rodriguez: 102-mile Hidalgo County Loop will be a toll road

MCALLEN, TX – The 102-mile Hidalgo County Loop, a 25-year project spearheaded by Hidalgo County Regional Mobility Authority, will be a toll road.

Pilar Rodriguez, executive director of the MPO, acknowledged as such in a presentation to McAllen Economic Development Corporation’s board of directors.

“Traffic revenue, because it is a toll road, is one of the things we have to look at very carefully,” Rodriguez said.

“The more traffic we have, the more revenue we generate, the faster we can service the debt, because we do have to go out and borrow money to build this facility.”

Read more: http://riograndeguardian.com/rodriguez-102-mile-hidalgo-county-loop-will-be-a-toll-road/

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Rodriguez: 102-mile Hidalgo County Loop will be a toll road (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2018 OP
Please refund all taxes I pay for fuel safeinOhio Feb 2018 #1

safeinOhio

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1. Please refund all taxes I pay for fuel
Mon Feb 19, 2018, 08:31 AM
Feb 2018

When I travel on private roads. On a trip at the moment and spent more on tolls than I have for gas.

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