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A QUESTION THE TEAM GETS A
LOT, WILL OGLE -- OKLAHOMA
TURNPIKE SO BE FREE? IT GOES
BACK TO A PROMISE MADE SIX
DECADES AGO.
GENOCIDE JOINS US DOWN THERE
PLANS FOR EVEN MORE PROJECTS.
MORE PROJECTS, MORE DEBT, AND
DRIVERS HAVE TO PAY FOR ALL OF
THAT.
THAT ALSO MEANS A TOLL HIKE.
IT STARTS AT NINE DAYS ON MARCH
1 NOT LEAVES A LOT OF YOU
ASKING, WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO
MAKE THE TURN BREAKS FREE?
-- FOX THIS TURNPIKE FREE. WE
LIVE RIGHT BY THE TURNPIKE.
Reporter: IT IS THE ORIGINAL
OKLAHOMA TURNPIKE THAT OPENED
IN 1953 FROM TULSA TO OKLAHOMA
CITY.
IT WAS FILLING A CRITICAL
NEED FOR Reporter: THE
AUTHORITY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
SAID, THE PLAN WAS, DRIVERS
WOULD PAY A TOLL AND WHEN THE
ROAD WAS PAID OFF IT WOULD BE
FREE. I HEARD MY DAD SAY THAT
ALL MY LIFE.
Reporter: THEN, OKLAHOMANS
VOTED TO ALLOW TOLL MONEY TO BE
USED FOR MORE TURNPIKE SPARK
THAT OPENED THE DOOR AND SINCE
THEN, THE AUTHORITIES BUILT-IN
TURNPIKES THAT CRISSCROSSED THE
STATE.
TO THINK THEY KNEW WHAT THEY
WERE VOTING FOR?
THE CITIZENRY IN OBAMA
UNDERSTOOD WITH THE
TRANSPORTATION NEEDS WORK.
Reporter: WILL BE TURNPIKE
EVER BE FREE?
I THINK TOLLING WILL REMAIN
A VIABLE OPTION. Reporter:
THE PLAN IS TO BUILD A MORE.
DO WE NEED MORE TURNPIKES?
NO.
Reporter: DOES OUR STATE
NEED MORE TOLL ROADS?
I THINK THE NEW FACILITIES
THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR IN
RESPONSE TO LONG RECOGNIZED
CRITICAL NEED Reporter:
OKLAHOMA HAS 600 --
ANY OTHER TOLL AUTHORITY IN THE
COUNTRY THE STATE LEGISLATURES
ACTUALLY.
25 MORE THAT COULD BE BUILT FOR
THE AUTHORITIES NEW DRIVING
FORWARD PLAN INCLUDES A NEW
LUPIN OKLAHOMA COUNTY AND
PROJECTS LIKE WIDENING THE
TURNER TURNPIKE WHEN YOU LEAVE
TULSA TO SIX LANES. IS IT
IMPORTANT TO TURN -- MORE
TURNPIKES? Reporter: -- IT
IS A SCAM OF PEOPLE IN
OKLAHOMA.
IF WE DID A POLL TODAY, WE
WOULD FIND OUT THAT 90% OF THE
PEOPLE IN THE STATE STILL THINK
IT IS A STATE AGENCY AND THAT
WE MAKE THE MONEY THAT IS PAID
INTO TOLL GATES. Reporter: I
POSTED THIS ON FACEBOOK, THE
TURNPIKE A STATE AGENCY AND
WHAT IS YOUR TOLL MONEY GO?
LOTS OF COMMENTS BUT PEOPLE DO
NOT SEEM TO KNOW HOW IT WORKS.
YOU ARE NOT A STATE AGENCY, YOU
CAUSE A STATE AGENCY?
THAT IS A GOOD
DESCRIPTION. Reporter:
ESTABLISHED WITH A BOARD OF SIX
PEOPLE IN THE GOVERNOR.
THE MONEY GOES BACK INTO THE
TURNPIKE AUTHORITY.
IT PAYS OFF INVESTORS AND DEBT.
NOW $880 MILLION. THERE IS A
THEORY WHEN YOU ARE IN A HOLD
YOU QUIT DIGGING.
WE ARE IN A HOLE.
WE NEED TO START FIGURING OUT A
WAY TO GET OUT OF THE HOLE.
Reporter: IS ABOUT THE YOU ARE
CONTINUING TO GO INTO DEBT?
WE ARE REINVESTING IN
OKLAHOMA. Reporter: YOU WILL
BE REINVESTING MORE STARTING
MARCH 1. IT WILL GO UP 12% AND
UP 17% WITHIN TWO YEARS. THEY
CAN STILL THERE MAC STORIES ALL
DAY LONG, I AM NOT BUYING.
Reporter: WITH YOU SEE THE
DRIVERS THAT ARE FRUSTRATED BY
THE INCREASE? THE EXPANSIONS
ARE NECESSARY.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A
FREE ROAD.
THE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY MADE
THE POINT THAT THERE ARE TAX
SUPPORT ROADS AND THERE ARE
TOLL SUPPORTED ROADS.
IF THE AUTHORITY PAID OFF
THE DEBT AND THEORETICALLY,
ODOT WOULD TAKE OVER RIGHT?
THEORETICALLY.
TALK TO ODOT THIS AFTERNOON AND
THEY SAID NO MIGHT THEY CANNOT
OF ORDER.
THEY CAN BARELY AFFORD TO
MAINTAIN WITH THEY HAVE.
I'M WORKING ON, HOW LONG IT
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