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Officials tell Senate panel wholesale conversion of interstates to toll roads is unlikely
Summary
During questions on a proposal to study a new interstate or toll conversion, Agency of Transportation officials said wholesale conversion of existing interstates to tolls is not generally viable due to federal payback rules, traffic diversion ('leakage') concerns and low toll revenue potential in many areas.
A lawmaker asked whether the department could take on the creation of a new interstate or convert existing interstates to toll roads. Department staff said a new interstate would be a multibillion‑dollar undertaking outside normal paving program capacity and that a toll‑funded corridor designed as an autonomous, self‑funding project could in theory be structured differently but would…
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