tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post68133306532799790..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indianaâ„¢: Northwest Indiana Officials Upset Over State's Quick Approval Of Toll Road BidGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-75487084598285860162015-03-15T22:18:05.960-05:002015-03-15T22:18:05.960-05:00And the condition of the Toll Road isn't much ...And the condition of the Toll Road isn't much better than before. In fact accessibility to other roads is now reduced in order (IMHO) for vehicles remain on the Toll Road longer.<br />The ramps from WB Toll Road to I-80/I-94 are now gone. You must drive a couple of miles further on the Toll Road and exit at I-65 to access I-80/I-94.<br />INDOT then declared Cline Avenue as "unrepairable" and demolished a large section that once served as a free bypass to the Toll Road, forcing drivers to use East Chicago city streets or stay on the Toll Road. From reading on NWI.com it appears East Chicago is taking bids to rebuild Cline Avenue - but it must be built as a toll road.Sir Hailstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16301073859882785758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-22739365540621386192015-03-15T14:40:43.595-05:002015-03-15T14:40:43.595-05:00Good job, Flogger. You have your terms right. Repu...Good job, Flogger. You have your terms right. Republicans and other lying idiots refuse call a thing by its proper name.<br /><br />The disgusting, lying, Republican scum still try to lie and claim that the Toll Road wasn't sold.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-74255016638225583622015-03-15T11:55:08.889-05:002015-03-15T11:55:08.889-05:00$5,750,000,000. Do I have enough zeros?? Divided b...$5,750,000,000. Do I have enough zeros?? Divided by 157 miles the length of the toll road is $36,624,204 per mile. <br /><br />There is an excellent article on the original sale of the Toll Road. <br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/19/AR2006031900913.html<br /><br />Per the article: <br /> Washington's biggest financial firm, the Carlyle Group, just created an eight-member team to get into roads, bridges, etc.<br /><br />Goldman Sachs & Co., which made $9 million advising Chicago on the Skyway sale and stands to collect about $20 million in fees for putting together the Indiana Toll Road deal, is raising a multibillion-dollar fund to buy infrastructure. <br /><br />Our Elected Officials should have known the costs of operating the <br />Toll Road and should have set the tolls accordingly. However as the article states:<br /><br />Ducking tax increases is what motivated the state of Indiana and the city of Chicago to sell their toll roads. Indiana was facing a $10 billion bill for updating its highway system when Gov. Mitch Daniels, a former federal budget director, came up with an alternative to paying the price -- tapping the toll road. Floggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10383015097067413086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-61299831085985002262015-03-15T07:55:25.045-05:002015-03-15T07:55:25.045-05:00The Mitch Daniels boys are still up to no good at ...The Mitch Daniels boys are still up to no good at the Statehouse. This deal is dirty as it gets. I hope the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District looks at this, and I hope the municipalities make lots of noise at the Bankruptcy Court.<br /><br />I also hope this starts a wave of Northwest Indiana declaring open war on the downstate hicks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com