Ga. 400 Toll Road to go Away at the End of 2013, Governor Says
The State Road and Tollway Authority will have to approve it first though.
In a press release earlier today, Gov. Nathan Deal announced that he would have the state pay off its bond debt by Dec. 1, 2013. He said the state would then move quickly to remove the Ga. 400 toll before the beginning of 2014 and stopped toll collections four years earlier than previously planned. However, the State Road and Tollway Authority will have to approve it first. Deal said this move was in response to his promise to commuters. “Ga. 400 commuters have paid more than their fair share already, and this is the earliest we can bring it down without paying a penalty for early repayment of the bonds,” Deal said in a press release. “When the Ga. 400 toll went up, the state of Georgia promised commuters that it wasn’t forever. If we don’…
