"Drivers may not have to pay more during peak times."
121 tolls may not rise for peak times
Plan would keep rate constant, increasing cost for off-peak drivers
June 10, 2006
By TONY HARTZEL
The Dallas Morning News
Copyright 2006
Motorists using a future State Highway 121 toll road may not have to pay more to drive on the road during peak times, according to a tentative proposal that could be considered next week.
The proposal would lower previously approved toll rates of 17 cents per mile to 14.5 cents per mile from 6:30 to 9 a.m. and from 6 to 9 p.m.
However, the 14.5-cents-per-mile rate also would apply at all other times of day, up from the current off-peak rate of 12 cents per mile.
If approved, the proposal could take a bite out of the commuting tab for peak-time users of Highway 121. A daily driver could save about $125 a year on the 10.5-mile Collin County portion from Central Expressway to the Dallas North Tollway.
A driver on the 13.9-mile portion of Highway 121 from the tollway to Business 121 in Coppell could save about $167 a year.
The Regional Transportation Council, the policymaking body of the North Central Texas Council of Governments, could consider the proposal at a tentatively scheduled meeting next week.
E-mail thartzel@dallasnews.com
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Plan would keep rate constant, increasing cost for off-peak drivers
June 10, 2006
By TONY HARTZEL
The Dallas Morning News
Copyright 2006
Motorists using a future State Highway 121 toll road may not have to pay more to drive on the road during peak times, according to a tentative proposal that could be considered next week.
The proposal would lower previously approved toll rates of 17 cents per mile to 14.5 cents per mile from 6:30 to 9 a.m. and from 6 to 9 p.m.
However, the 14.5-cents-per-mile rate also would apply at all other times of day, up from the current off-peak rate of 12 cents per mile.
If approved, the proposal could take a bite out of the commuting tab for peak-time users of Highway 121. A daily driver could save about $125 a year on the 10.5-mile Collin County portion from Central Expressway to the Dallas North Tollway.
A driver on the 13.9-mile portion of Highway 121 from the tollway to Business 121 in Coppell could save about $167 a year.
The Regional Transportation Council, the policymaking body of the North Central Texas Council of Governments, could consider the proposal at a tentatively scheduled meeting next week.
E-mail thartzel@dallasnews.com
© 2006 The Dallas Morning News Co
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