06-08-2018, 12:22 PM
(06-08-2018, 11:37 AM)Canard Wrote: The prices wouldn’t be so out of control if it was was public. The private company can charge whatever they want. It’s like $10 to drive for 6 hours all the way across NY on their tollway.
407E rates (which are set by the provincial government) are only about 15% lower.
NY Thruway is indeed much less expensive, maybe 20-25% of the cost (I-87 to PA state line is USD 14.91). But it was built in the 1950s, and the tolls were actually intended to be removed once the bonds were paid off in the 1990s. They now have smallish tolls which allow them to do ongoing maintenance but not any significant structural work -- so the highway is almost exclusively four lanes still, sixty years later. The 407 consortium, on the other hand, has done a number of extensions, ramps and widenings even since they took over the highway, so that accounts for some of the difference.