Change to Toll Road for I-70 Might Cost Billions
MoDOT director estimates between a $2-4 billion price tag.
Truck traffic on Interstate 70.
Missouri Department of Transportation
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When the Missouri Department of Transportation floated the idea of turning Interstate 70 into a toll road last fall, it received immediate reaction from people around the state.
Today MoDOT Director Kevin Keith told KMOX that expanding I-70 to create the toll road could cost between $2-4 billion dollars. The cost would include making three lanes in each direction. The upper end projections include a fourth, trucks only lane in both directions.
Patch wants to know what you think. Do you think I-70 should be a toll road? Why are you for or against the proposal. Vote in our poll and tell us how you feel in the comments.
Candace Jarrett
3:58 pm on Friday, January 6, 2012
Looks like readers say "no" to the toll.
Dennis
11:57 pm on Saturday, January 7, 2012
I don't know if the 2-4 billion dollars spent would be re-couped quickly enough to justify this project. If that have that amount of money to do a toll, why not just spend it on the repairs in the first place