Driving in Texas could get very expensive as the state seeks new ways to collect money from existing roads. The Lone Star state is just one step behind Pennsylvania, which, earlier this month, filed an official request to impose a $25 tax on motorists who use an existing, free interstate highway. Now the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is lobbying Congress for blanket authority to toll Interstates 10, 27 and 35.
Let’s see. Pay taxes to build the roads. Pay taxes to maintain the roads. Pay tolls to drive on the roads.
U.S. Constitution, Proposed Amendment XXVIII:
1. Neither toll roads nor toll bridges shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
I like your proposed amendment! I’m raising hell if they impose a toll on I-10.