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Help Needed in KS's avatar

Portions of I-70 heading west from Kansas City are toll roads. The tolls are collected by the State of Kansas. You make a good point, how does a Federally funded highway generate tolls for the State? Is the money divided up between the Feds and Kansas? I have no idea how this works; does anyone here know?

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

Do you remember when they told us we'd only pay for the I-70 turnpike toll roads coming out of KC for 10 years?

Thats why people should never vote for new taxes that have an alleged sunset. Because when you vote for it, it always becomes permanent.

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Fred's avatar

Coronado Bay Bridge in San Diego is a prime example. Took lawsuits to make the tolls finally end after the bridge was paid off.

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

Yup. I'm from San Diego, but spent 3 years in KC during grade school.

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Dena's avatar

True - the senate voted the 1913 Revenue Act ( income tax) into law. All the Dems , except 1 voting for if, & all but 1 R voting against. Was supposed to be temporary.

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Bgagnon's avatar

Same story with all the bridges in San Francisco Bay Area and tolls just keep going up!

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pretty-red, old guy's avatar

Really?

I did NOT know that!

Dems for taxes, Repubs against-- even a 100 yrs ago.

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Dena's avatar

It’s in their dna!

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pretty-red, old guy's avatar

for about 25% of the population, I believe this is indubiably correct!

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Tomaso's avatar

Same thing in the peoples republic of Illinois.

Supposed to end when tollways were paid off.

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pretty-red, old guy's avatar

The Dan Ryan etc.

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Donna in MO's avatar

I thought that was the case, seem to remember an outcry about that - I live in MO but halfway follow KS issues. I will say that a low population state like KS it makes more sense to tax the drivers who use that road vs piling on taxes for the people who live there and in some cases never even drive on it. But that assumes KDOT uses the money wisely?? I will say we took the 1-70 toll roads to CO for an annual ski vacation for 20+ years and the roads are in good shape unlike the pothole-ridden always under construction roads in states like IL.

MO floated a toll for adding a lane to I-70 across the state about 7-8 years ago and that went over like a lead balloon. But we got a pile of covid money and that is now what is funding the expansion, so no toll roads in MO.

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daverkb's avatar

Well, it's not just generating revenue for the sake of revenue, and incidentally ... road repair. It's about people control, and the fake agendas like climate and carbon which are also about control of every aspect of human action.

So ... DOGE revelations, USAID for example and much more. There's plenty of money for road, vital infrastructure IF IT WERE GRIFTED, outright stolen away.

And so, 'they' are outright playing us left and right. And I hope it ends now.

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Irunthis1's avatar

Shit I had no idea you were a Kansas (or maybe MO?) resident too! No wonder we get along so famously. (or at least agree with one another a lot). My county did get rid of our section of the I-70 toll--it now doesn't start until I think Douglas County whereas it used to start in Leavenworth.

I'm keeping a stank eye on whatever they think they are going to shove down our throats about the "Chiefs" and us poor citizens having to pay for any of it---which I want ZERO part of.

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

Yup. I'm from San Diego, but spent 3 years in KC during grade school.

And i went to grad school at Mizzou

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Irunthis1's avatar

That's funny. My cousin (one of hundreds but this one and I grew up together pretty much so like a brother) is now in San Diego where he ended up after the Navy. Small world.

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Bgagnon's avatar

Well Howdy Ryan! I’m from Highland in the Inland Empire and have spent lots of time in SD … love it! My granddaughter is graduating from UCSD this June. 😄

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

My wife graduated from UCSD!

She grew up in Murietta. I grew up in point Loma

What a small world.

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Donna in MO's avatar

STAR bonds.....for a stadium they will play a dozen games a year in a good year and maybe a few concerts. Done with this welfare scheme - Royals and Chiefs can move for all I care! Get woke, go broke.

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NanaW's avatar

A good reminder! The sun never sets on the grifter empire.

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Bgagnon's avatar

Sunset, temporary, stop, end and the like are not words in the govt vocabulary - I suspect they are in the Govt Book of Lies tho 😆

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Lisa Ca's avatar

Pretty much! Same in CA

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Help Needed in KS's avatar

Nope. Must have been before my time. Didn't have to use I-70 until 2008 when I started a new job in Topeka and commuted.

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Irunthis1's avatar

They did move the toll location start point from Leavenworth County to Douglas at least 15 maybe 20 years ago (time flies) as I think Leavenworth opted out of continuing the toll here. I don't remember the particulars of it but I can guarantee it cost them a pretty penny to move it.

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Ryan Gardner's avatar

It was in late 70's

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Sunlover's avatar

That is so true!

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Ohio Deb's avatar

Do you think the toll roads(control roads) are part of the conditioning for restricting travel or 15 minute cities?

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Sunnydaze's avatar

I know Michigan/Indiana has them also BUT you can take back roads without tolls as well. I wonder if as long as there is an alternate route they can get away with it??? Oregon Washington -nope! The only alternative that MIGHT work would take a commuter hours out of the way. I can’t see how this is legal. But without anyone to stop them…..

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The Real Mary Rose's avatar

Oregon and Washington are really crazy states. I recall when moving to Idaho, I had been in Oregon but not driven. So I didn't know you aren't allowed to pump your own gas! That was odd. And then their taxes are super high. No bueno.

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kittynana's avatar

@Mary Rose- after driving cross country in 2009 from NY to Oregon, we needed gas. Husband got out and grabbed the pump handle and the attendant came running out and yelling at him. We had no idea we weren't allowed to pump our own!! Flip that to my Oregon sister renting a car and visiting NY- she pulled up to the pump and sat there until someone honked for her to get out and do it herself. Good thing she can laugh at herself!

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The Real Mary Rose's avatar

That's kind of what happened to me, only the attendant was much nicer, probably saw my California license plates.

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St. Alia the Knife's avatar

Mary Rose, I grew up in WA and had a lot of relatives living in the Portland, OR area. For a long time, the best of both tax worlds was to live in Vancouver, WA with no income tax and shop across the river (Columbia) in OR which has no sales tax. We would take advantage of the "no sales tax" when we would visit the grandparents. I bought a lot of horse tack at the tack store near my grandparents' house as I didn't have to pay any sales tax!

I did have issues at the gas stations, as I would forget that I could not pump my own gas. They did pass a law a few years ago allowing folks to pump their own gas. If you do let them pump your gas, they now expect you to tip the gas attendants. Ai, yai, yai!

Mrs. "the Knife"

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Frank F's avatar

Indiana has toll roads Michigan does not. Governor wants to to switch to Toll Roads. Hope not!

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RunningLogic's avatar

Only I-80/90 at this point. Although some people are calling for more.

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Sunnydaze's avatar

Yes. Sorry. I said Michigan because we drove from Michigan to Chicago a lot. So, ya. Misspoke that Michigan has toll roads. Oops 😬

Thanks for clarifying.

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Hektor Bleriot's avatar

Another Kansas C&Cer here! live on the SW corner of KC, in Olathe (an ancient Indian word meaning "duplex," or "car dealership").

I grew up in South KCMO, but moved to the Free State nearly 40yrs ago. So, Missourian by birth; Kansan by choice.

Travel on the Kansas turnpike frequently, and well, I don't know the particulars of how it works, I suspect it has something to do with maintenance agreements between the state and the federal government that allow Kansas to take tolls. Tolls. I will say this, the Kansas turnpike between here and the Western boundary of the state is, while somewhat monotonous, very well maintained. If they are grifting off it, they're still spending a fair chunk of change on keeping it nice.

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Donna in MO's avatar

I am on the MO side in Lee's Summit, sorry your county is turning blue just like mine has been forever. All those KC refugees coming over to escape the mess they made there.

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Bgagnon's avatar

Same here in Cali on big interstate roads 🤔

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