Neighbors to the East
Again,
One has to pose the question, how do our neighbors to the East (Bay and Washington Counties) build bridges without tolls, etc.? What comes to mind is the West Bay structure and the current Holmes Creek bridge (Vernon) in Washington county. Perhaps, I am uninformed because of my ignorance of infrastructure finance. There are those of us who live in the north end of the county and rarely go south any more who have difficulty with paying a sales tax (my Red Bay Grocery once a week lunch bill would go up) to finance a structure of this magnitude. Is there not some equitable tax to let the tourist/users pay the majority of the cost of using the bridge? One would reconcile that there should be some middle ground user/toll cost for the hard working class folks who traverse from all points north to work in sowal.
Rock on,
Rocketman
Again,
One has to pose the question, how do our neighbors to the East (Bay and Washington Counties) build bridges without tolls, etc.? What comes to mind is the West Bay structure and the current Holmes Creek bridge (Vernon) in Washington county. Perhaps, I am uninformed because of my ignorance of infrastructure finance. There are those of us who live in the north end of the county and rarely go south any more who have difficulty with paying a sales tax (my Red Bay Grocery once a week lunch bill would go up) to finance a structure of this magnitude. Is there not some equitable tax to let the tourist/users pay the majority of the cost of using the bridge? One would reconcile that there should be some middle ground user/toll cost for the hard working class folks who traverse from all points north to work in sowal.
Rock on,
Rocketman