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Toll collection will begin Tuesday morning on the first leg of the Triangle Expressway, which extends N.C. 147 through Research Triangle Park from I-40 to the 540 Outer Loop. [1/2/11 update: see today's story with reader comments.]
The road opened for toll-free traffic earlier this month, so RTP commuters and other drivers could try it out.
The cost for this 3.7-mile section of TriEx will be 50 cents per trip for folks with N.C. Quick Pass transponders, 77 cents for the rest of us.
So how do you like it? Do you like it enough to pay a toll? Will it make your daily drive easier? If you drive TriEx Tuesday, please share your thoughts -- and your name and workday phone number -- by email or by phone (919-829-4527).
Bruce Siceloff reports on traffic and transportation. A News & Observer reporter, editor and blogger since 1976, he took over the
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Fri, 12/30/2011 - 01:05 — FlowerpowerI think toll roads are way overdue. You use the road; you pay to use the road. It's like every other good or service we obtain. This way, only those who use a service actually pay for the service, rather than dumping all the money into a big pot and then using it to study why monkeys throw feces.
Glad I'm not ......
Thu, 12/29/2011 - 21:27 — InspectorPitta daily commuter needing to use the toll route.
I do frequent the Triangle area many times a year, including medical visits, but it appears I won't need to use the toll roads. But, if I did, I would figure out a route to my destination that would be toll-free if I could.
I have compassion for all of those who have no choice but to use the toll road. President Obama may have given the workers of NC a 2% reduction in the social security benefit contribution, but the State of NC has figured out a way to get some of it back from the Triangle area residents who must use the toll road.