Toll Roads in Utah: Building them for the wrong reasons

Lawmakers in Utah are examining a bill that would permit the building of toll roads. This concept in itself is a good one.

But Utah lawmakers want to pass the bill for the wrong reasons.

The reason for introducing legislation for building toll roads is to raise money to build more roads.

That’s just what we need…..more roads.

NOT.

What we need is a change of mindset and an awakening to the fact that peak oil has occured, global warming is a real issue, and that every American is going to be forced to become less and less dependent on fossil fuel for transportation and other means of existing.

Implementation of the building of toll roads to raise money for more toll roads smacks in the face of living in a fantasy world. Money from toll roads should be put towards better and more mass transportation and alternative energy plans.