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I had a discussion with a colleague on this. Does anyone have economic evidence why we shouldnt pass the expense of building roads on to second and third generation if theyre going to be using them too?
My idea is if its going to take 10 years of tolls to pay off a section a road at 1.50 a toll then stretch that out for 30 years and make the toll 50 cent and let another generation take some of the hit.
I know the figures are simplistic, and that theyre not taking interest into account, but my premise is that the daily toll that I/you pay is reduced by applying the longer term pay off.
For those of you not paying tolls regularly, I figure the argument is that with interest, we'll end up paying tolls for longer to cover the extra, but I pay 3e a day, 5 days a week for 50 weeks of the year, totalling at 750 euro per annum. It would be a big dent to have this reduced.
My idea is if its going to take 10 years of tolls to pay off a section a road at 1.50 a toll then stretch that out for 30 years and make the toll 50 cent and let another generation take some of the hit.
I know the figures are simplistic, and that theyre not taking interest into account, but my premise is that the daily toll that I/you pay is reduced by applying the longer term pay off.
For those of you not paying tolls regularly, I figure the argument is that with interest, we'll end up paying tolls for longer to cover the extra, but I pay 3e a day, 5 days a week for 50 weeks of the year, totalling at 750 euro per annum. It would be a big dent to have this reduced.