We don't need a toll road; we need overpasses on 281!

In 2003, TxDOT had the clearance and the gas taxes for the expansion and overpasses on Hwy 281 north of Loop 1604. Now they want to convert this freeway, already built and paid for, into a toll road. For no other reason than to DOUBLE TAX motorists. The purpose of this web site is to inform and educate you, the taxpayer, as to what’s really going on and how to get the gas tax fix installed on 281 for one-tenth the cost, and in half the construction time. Our battle cry? Build the 281 overpasses NOW!

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When EVERY attempt to get the political establishment to reverse course on this unnecessary, unbridled new taxation goes unheeded, and with few elected officials attempting to remedy the situation, the citizens have been forced to go into court to stop this $1.3 billion freeway to tollway conversion in order to advance the gas tax fix to 281.

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Market-based tolls determine the highest possible toll “the market can bear.” They don’t determine the toll rate based on the actual cost of construction, maintenance, and debt retirement but rather on how much profit the government can make off a given roadway. This method of tolling allows the government to collect large profits from motorists on one road segment to pay for other road segments that may not have as much profit due to low volume traffic.
 
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This site features information about the current Toll plans on US 281.  For information about our sister sites which highlight the threat of the Trans Texas Corridor please visit Texas TURF or San Antonio Toll Party.

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