Bass: County toll study duplication of effort
County toll road study a duplication of effort, cost
By Mike Bass
Guest Columnist
June 4, 2013
Montgomery County Courier
Tuesday’s Courier reported that Commissioners Court is considering spending $550,000 to update a study for the development of a Montgomery County Parkway – more toll roads.
I am generally opposed to toll roads as they are often just one more way to “tax” us all. But in this case, I also wonder whether the right hand knows what the left hand is doing. The proposed toll road study would duplicate what already has been started in South Montgomery County. Why don’t commissioners recognize the need to work within our regional transportation planning and funding framework so they can leverage our local dollars with available state and federal transportation funding dollars?