10drum
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Greetings,
If you are pulling a trailer, stay off the new 470 loop around Denver. I pulled my 20' toy hauler, for 40 miles around the loop in August, and I received a bill today for $54. Yikes!!!! I think next year I'll go to the mountains from Illinois, through Texas.
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It's only going to get worse as everyone is upping tools to cover increased expenses.
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2oldman
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Yeah but I bet it was a stress- and traffic-free trip.
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What's the issue? Didn't research the cost before hand, or something else?
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It's not a state highway (no funds available) and one of the most expensive toll roads in the country. Those with a transponder get a reduced rate.
I avoid tolls when possible. But it's nearly impossible in the SF bay area to avoid bridge tolls.
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10drum wrote:Greetings,
If you are pulling a trailer, stay off the new 470 loop around Denver. I pulled my 20' toy hauler, for 40 miles around the loop in August, and I received a bill today for $54. Yikes!!!! I think next year I'll go to the mountains from Illinois, through Texas.
They charge by axles it is a privately run highway and it is only E470 not C470 a transponder saves some but I never take the TT on there because of the cost, rather drive extra miles to say money.
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Colo Native wrote:10drum wrote:Greetings,
If you are pulling a trailer, stay off the new 470 loop around Denver. I pulled my 20' toy hauler, for 40 miles around the loop in August, and I received a bill today for $54. Yikes!!!! I think next year I'll go to the mountains from Illinois, through Texas.
They charge by axles it is a privately run highway and it is only E470 not C470 a transponder saves some but I never take the TT on there because of the cost, rather drive extra miles to say money.
Thanks for clarifying that.
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10drum
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2oldman wrote:Yeah but I bet it was a stress- and traffic-free trip.
Yes, it was. I went that way because it was rush hour. I wondered, where is the traffic? Then I received the bill, Oh! that's why there was no traffic. I called them to ask if there was a mistake, there wasn't, then I ask the agent, if it was ok to pull up my pants?
I guess they need revenue to help offset the influx of freeloading pot heads.
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10drum wrote:2oldman wrote:Yeah but I bet it was a stress- and traffic-free trip.
Yes, it was. I went that way because it was rush hour. I wondered, where is the traffic? Then I received the bill, Oh! that's why there was no traffic. I called them to ask if there was a mistake, there wasn't, then I ask the agent, if it was ok to pull up my pants?
I guess they need revenue to help offset the influx of freeloading pot heads. Just an FYI: Colorado reported nearly $176,000,000, yes that's 176 million dollars from January to August of this year from Marijuana taxes, licenses, and fees. That isn't sales, that's the state's cut.
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2oldman
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10drum wrote:I guess they need revenue to help offset the influx of freeloading pot heads. Oh yes, it must be those darn potheads.
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