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The News and Observer reports that the N.C. Department of Transportation will close two of three lanes of Interstate 540 West between U.S. 64 Business and Buffaloe Road beginning tonight, Friday the 20th from 7 and continue until 6 a.m. Monday. They are not reporting why the road is being closed. News 14 Carolina reported that the lanes are being closed for repair, however no details.

However the underlying problem is not that the lanes are being closed, Its why does this fairly new road already need repair? How much is this going to cost tax payers? How much money did the dot waste on this road that needs repair? Also why are we not hearing more about this on the news?

Do you really think that tolls are going to fix anything if the state keeps wasting our money on poorly constructed roads? The DOT really needs to be held accountable for there work. Not given more of your money to throw in the wind. If they could actually build roads effective, that do not need to be repaired, we would not have need for toll roads.

I thought I would never see the day when a toll booth existed in NC, let alone in Raleigh. However the proposed Triangle Parkway calls for a six-lane toll highway between the Durham Freeway and N.C. Highway 540 in Morrisville. The bigger issue is not this particular road, but toll roads in general. Once this road is complete and the toll infrastructure is in place, where will they stop? If this is allowed to happen I foresee toll roads popping up like cantankerous weeds all over North Carolina.

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