Posted by  william kirkland, bowling green , fl on 01/25  at  02:50 PM

steve cook : my thaughts are if you let uncle have control of any thing
your gaurunteed to get had.and you can
foget the lubrication or a kiss. we
missed our chance at least 35 years
ago.once uncle is allowed the first
inch God help us.  the only thing uncle
knows is the sky is the limet. and if you ever get your home for example paid
off. then you can rent it as long as you
pay the taxs if not uncle will come if
with armed gestofo and you will be moved
buy the time you pay off the morgage your taxs could be higher by far than
the morgage payments.this means if you
had the money to give some people a home
agood # of the peole would loose the home .they cant pay from 250.00 a month
up for taxes ,insurance. thats today
very minumum.at the rate there going.in
10 years it maybe 1000.00 pr month.

Posted by  Tony Izzo, Tampa on 01/25  at  02:44 PM

GREAT!!! I’ve been commuting for 5 years from Brooksville to Tampa because there arent very many technical jobs up north.  But to give new users a break in price and not refund people that have put into the system for years is just not good business.  I know they really dont care because we have it and we use it daily becuase its much easier to drive it but I really think somewhere this system is running a scam.  I have seen money come off at times that I havent used it and when I inquired they told me they would check into it and get back and guess what, no one got back.  I think its great but it does dip into my annual funds without any kind of rebate/refund or anything and the state really should thank the users as we are lining someones pockets.  Not to mention I have had at least 4/5 flat tires a year from nails and screws and other debri on the Suncoast, if I’m going to pay to use it at least KEEP IT CLEAN AND FREE OF DEBRI.

Posted by  Lindy Garrard, Riverview, FL on 01/25  at  02:38 PM

To anyone living in the Riverview, South Brandon area who work in downtown Tampa, consider taking the new Hartline 47LX bus route.  I used to be one of those people who thought I could never ride the bus.  But, after I started riding on this bus, I have realized huge gas savings.  And, regarding the Selmon tolls, they now cost me $0!

Posted by  John Williams, Tampa on 01/25  at  12:26 PM

I can’t agree more with the comments below. The fact the tolls raised 2 years early because of the company’s error is ridiculous. Before the tolls raised I only used the road to and from work. I live in Hyde Park and work in Brandon, so yes, it is the most convenient route; but not the only. Since the first of the year I have used the road one time. I refuse to pay for the company’s error. It would be great if we could get enough people to boycott the road for an entire week. Let’s hit them where it hurts!

Posted by  Chris Meerbott, Tampa on 01/25  at  07:11 AM

I was paying $2 a day to use the new raised toll road to go to work and back from Harbour Island. Then the price was raised to $1.50 each way in January. That’s too much too soon for a price increase. Now I just use it on the way to work when it is important to save time. Instead of spending $1.50 more a day I’m spending 50 cents less.

Posted by  Linda Lee, Lithia on 01/24  at  10:29 PM

I too have stopped taking the toll roads due to the increase in rate. The increase was unwarranted to be pushed up one year.  The sinking pillar should have been paid with the engineers’ insurances.  I expect if my house undergoes damage, the insurance company would pay for it. I would not expect to ask my neighbors to chip in to fix the house.  It’s a joke.  I would like to thank the Toll Transport authority for the additional time it takes for me to drive my long commute to St. Pete. I do appreciate you guys looking out us. BAN THE CROSSTOWN and UPPER LEVELS.

Posted by  Gary Dallaire, Tampa on 01/24  at  04:19 PM

I take the Suncoast from Brooksville to Tampa every day. Would I like to see lower rates, of course. My main thought, it saves me 10 minutes each way every day of MY time. I feel the cost is worth an hour of my time that I get back. I must admit though, in the morning it stops where the Veterans runs into it (south bound).

Posted by  Steve Cooks, Tampa on 01/24  at  12:01 PM

This country is on a downward spiral anyway. EVERY step of our lives the Federal goverment & local goverment is in our pockets. It’s amazing how “EVRYTHING” goes up EXCEPT our salaries. We get our payroll taxed before we get it. Then, we get taxed for EVERY SINGLE thing we use that money for. I know this is a GREAT county in comparison to others. When the heck are we gonna get a break and actually be able to live with out struggling and being taxed to death?

Posted by  Kate Gibson, Brandon on 01/24  at  12:01 PM

I have also stopped taking the Crosstown since the toll went up.  First of all, $1.75 is a ridiculous amount to pay for traveling only 3 miles on a road.  Secondly, it does not save me any time on my commute anyway, because Lumsden Road is a mess going through Brandon.

But these toll amounts are out of control!!  Where is the money going??

Posted by  Bobby Blish, Apollo Beach on 01/24  at  11:49 AM

The Crosstown expansion is easily one of the greatest jokes of the Tampa “Expressway Authority” and the Tampa government ... and i’m not laughing.

Paying over $400 million dollars to save 10 or 15 minutes a day on a persons commute?  where does this add up as being even remotely logical?

I too have been boycotting the Crosstown and will continue to do so. 

I just wish our local government would go after the companies that put us in this bind…. but that would make sense, so it most likely will not ever happen.

Posted by  Cherie Turner, St Petersburg on 01/24  at  11:42 AM

So, If you have a transponder (there are 1.5 million of them), you always have $10 on it before it refills with $25.

Do the math. 1.5 mill x $10 is 10,500,000 that “someone” is pocketing.  It’s sure isn’t the consumer.  Tampa’s Expressway Authority is not the only one having issues.  Orlando’s is full of FRAUD too.

Posted by  Alicia McGill, Tampa, Florida on 01/24  at  11:16 AM

I can empathize with Jeff about raising the tolls on the Crosstown. I could understand a 25 cent increase, but 50 cents was excessive. I, too, am boycotting the Crosstown and taking route 60 instead. The Crosstown convenience is not worth $15 a week to me.

Posted by  Jeffrey Hall, Riverview, FL on 01/24  at  09:55 AM

So are they going to give everyone that bought a sunpass tansponders for the full price of $25 a $12.50 credit towards tolls? How is this fair to all of us who already own them and also are dealing with them raising the tolls an absurd amount this year on the Crosstown?
I for one am taking a stand and leaving a few minutes early just to avoid and boycott the toll road.