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Attachment to Mr. Cairn's Message Regarding Termination for Convenience of the P3 Contract for the Midtown Tunnel/Downtown Tunnel/MLK Extension Project Geoffrey Alderson Colonial Heights VA 23834 United States 3/6/2012 I find it unfair to the locals that have to pass through everday on their way from home to work and back. Bessie Dee Chesapeake VA 23321 United States 3/6/2012 I live in the Western Branch area and work in Norfolk. Cecil Powell portsmouth VA 23703 United States Let McDonnell put his money on the line 1st!!! We've never paid for a tunnel before completion! Let all Taxpayer's 3/6/2012 pick up the tab as usual. ...and just who gets to reap the rewards for 58 years of tolls??? Ronald Lang Jr Norfolk VA 23507 United States We've funded the roads in the rest of the state for years with little improvement of our own. Now that we need road improvements, there's no money and we can't raise taxes to do so, therefore we must pay for it ourselves. Way to 3/6/2012 go Virginia, abandoning one of the more profitable portions of the state when we need you. Mary Standahl Franklin VA 23851 United States Tolls will unfairly affect the residents of and visitors to our area. In addition, it will cripple businesses. Why not put a 3/6/2012 toll on the highways of northern Virginia instead? John Campbell Virginia Bch. VA 23464 United States 3/6/2012 Travel to Portsmouth/Chesapeake during the year to officiate athletic sports and to go to Portsmouth Naval Hospital. Charles Stevens Norfolk VA 23509 United States Infrastructure is an inherent responsibility of the government. The roads and tunnels directly and indirectly support everyone and should be paid for by all. I believe it would be better to have everyone pay a few more tax dollars at the gas pump with each fill‐up than penalize the entire region by taxing at the tollbooth. The long term cost and negative impact on the region by the toll is not worth the short‐term political advantage being gained by a few 3/6/2012 politician and anti‐tax people who are putting their own self‐interest ahead of the country. Dawn Hinton Chesapeake VA 23321 United States My commute to work is already 50 minutes each way. I don't need an additional time constraint, nor do I need the 3/6/2012 added cost to amount I already spend on gas Jami Manning Virginia Beach VA 23464 United States Don't we pay for the roads with our personal property taxes, state inspections and tags?? With the rising cost of gas 3/6/2012 along with the tolls will be damaging to citizens and local businesses. Deborah Morris Virginia Beach VA 23451 United States 3/6/2012 Traffic is the worst, NO TOLLS! esp. in this economy! alicia torres Portsmouth VA 23704 United States Alicia Torres I live in Portsmouth and work in Norfolk. I am a nurse, and additionally take call. Every time I come through the Midtown Tunnel, I will have to pay this toll. I may come in two or three mes a night. When were the people of Hampton Roads asked about the implimentation of these tolls. An increase could also be implimented periodically for the next 53 years. Who created the conditions under which this contract was developed. With the economy in such disarray, it is unconscionable that the government would request additional 3/6/2012 monies from people who are struggling to make ends meet. Reconsider, reasses, other options must prevail. Jami Manning Virginia Beach VA 23464 United States Isn't this why we pay personal property taxes ‐ to pay for the roads?? Where is the money going when we pay for state inspections and our tags every year? I am completely opposed to the tolls. We are a one income military family with 3 small children and with the rising gas prices these added financial burdens are ridiculous! You will definitely see a decrease in people visiting the small local businesses in Portsmouth. This is not going to help Hampton Roads at 3/6/2012 all! Ryan Elliott Hampton VA 23669 United States Daily user of the HRBT and student at NSU.Not employed due to school and tolls would financially be devastating not just to me but every student and commuter between not just Hampton and Norfolk but other cities statewide. 3/6/2012 Instead of putting tolls on us the state needs to get a grasp on there own idiotic spending Richard Hurst Suffolk VA 23435 United States Please have a progressive gas tax. Start at 2 cents and go to 4 on up to 10 cents on top of the 17cents and we still will be about the 25th state so we won't be paying an exorbinant tax and it will pay for many roads and repairs and 3/6/2012 bridges to come. Tolls will lead to gridlock....invest in rail as well........ HAROLD EDWARDS CHESAPEAKE VA 23320 United States 3/6/2012 I would rather see a gas tax increase, and I rarely use the Portsmouth tunnel Kevin Hupp Norfolk VA 23508 United States You gotta love the Tea Party! Thanks for keeping my taxes frozen so I can pay all the extra tolls and fees to make up 3/6/2012 for revenue shortfalls everywhere. I am quite sure I will be paying more for less this way. James Rice Hampton VA 23669 United States I live in Hampton and work in Chesapeake. My family and I live on a tight budget and with the tolls I wouldn't be able 3/6/2012 to afford to go to work. Page 86 of 102
Attachment to Mr. Cairn's Message Regarding Termination for Convenience of the P3 Contract for the Midtown Tunnel/Downtown Tunnel/MLK Extension Project Beverly Hughes Suffolk VA 23435 United States This will hurt our local residents tremendously. Most commuters can barely afford gas. So, city councils and legisators, what will you do when tourism starts to fail too? Way to go, VDOT ‐ once again, another stupid move on 3/6/2012 your part. Derek Smith Portsmouth VA 23703 United States My wife and I both go through the tunnels for work. She, 6 days a week and myself 3. This will cost us close to 3/6/2012 $2000.00 per year. we simply cannot afford this. Willy Olmo Chesapeake VA 23321 United States I live in Western Branch and work at the Naval Base. No COL adjustment or pay raise for second year, gas at $3.60 3/6/2012 and rising need I say any more. William Clements Chesapeake VA 23320 United States 3/6/2012 Another example of Republicans selling out to corporate interest. The toll is nothing more than a tax. Shelley Klouzal Portsmouth VA 23707 United States We live in Portsmouth, my husband works in Norfolk as a federal firefighter. Absolutely no raises of any kind in 4 3/6/2012 years yet we are expected to keep paying more for everything... J H Franklin VA 23851 United States I think I would rather share the cost by raising gas taxes. People commuting to low paying jobs or to college have to 3/6/2012 use the tunnels... no choice about it and the annual cost will be enormous for them. Sherry Luchs Virginia Beach VA 23457 United States 3/6/2012 I cannot afford these tolls! This will hurt many other people also financially. Ed LaSalle Portsmouth VA 23707 United States 3/6/2012 Taxation without representation is unfair. Regina Adams Virginia Beach VA 23462 United States 3/6/2012 I think its just ridiculous...thats why? If they want to do this, well us a better cost of living raise. James Lewallen Chesapeake VA 23321 United States 3/6/2012 Tolls will kill the economy in Hampton Roads, not to mention what it will do to working families. Anthony Korchak Norfolk 23505 United States Min The tunnels suck enough lets add more delays with tolls. Are you really saying the only way I can get to/from Norfolk 3/6/2012 is by paying to go through a tunnel? Paul Burns Virginia Beach VA 23455 United States It will cost me and the thousands of my co‐workers $920 a year to just go‐to and come‐home from work in 3/6/2012 Portsmouth at NNSY. Money that feeds families, pays bills, and fuels cars. VIRGINIA CAMPBELL VIRGINIA BEAHC VA 23464‐3119 United States IT WILL MAKE THE ECONOMY WORST. WHY IS IT THAT WE IN THE HAMPTON ROADS/TIDEWATER HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE TOLLS? WILL THE MONEY FROM THESE TOLLS BE SPENT ONLY IN OUR AREA? OR WILL THEY GO INTO A POOL THAT WILL BE USED ALL OVER THE STATE. SO FAR, YOU HAVE BEEN VOTED INTO OFFICE HAVE MADE THINGS WORST 3/6/2012 NOT BETTER. FROM OUR GOVERNOR ON DOWN Victoria Freeman Hampton VA 23669 United States It is unfortunate, with the economic meltdown, paying high taxes for everything, low income, gas prices on the rise, families survival, housing, utilities, etc‐‐adding more minuses to an average income will create more homelessness 3/6/2012 especially in a blue collar industry. Kristina Heffley Virginia Beach VA 23464 United States I'm a single mom from Va Beach working in Portsmouth. My budget is tight already without the added strain of these too high tolls! The company that I work for will also feel the effects of these proposterous tolls. I also have 3/6/2012 friends who work in Old Towne Portsmouth, and the businesses there will suffer even more than they do already. jorge rivera portsmouth VA 23703 United States this is going to add additional cost to Portsmouth business when submitting a proposal and will limit contractors to the amount of people that will be willing to come work in the city of Portsmouth and therefore contractor will be 3/6/2012 limited to the amount of contracts that can be brought to the city. Zanda Barnes Suffolk, VA 23435 United States The tolls are too high for the people who have to go to work on a daily baisis from the Portsmouth side who work in 3/6/2012 Norfolk. We do not need a toll for the next 20 years. Find a better way to pay for this. John Sommers Chesapeake VA 23322 United States Financial...we need a gas tax before we have tolls. Our Government officials are too scare to raise taxes and seek reelection the day they are elected. I am over this. 3/6/2012 David Moore Chesapeake VA 23321 United States Just more mismanagement of our tax dollars that should already be funded. We need to vote all of our officials out 3/6/2012 and start over. Maybe we can get it right this time. Cynthia Silvers Portsmouth VA 23704 United States I am #7,645 out of 10,000. I'm gonna be in the number that beats this thing down. I won't let it happen on my 3/6/2012 watch! Damon Bowers Virginia Beach VA 23456 United States 3/6/2012 As a commuter driving from Virginia Beach to Portsmouth everyday, I totally object to these tolls! Terry GREENE Zuni VA 23898‐2115 United States As a small Service oriented business in Hampton Roads, these tolls would add another layer of financial stress when added to escalang gas prices and the price of consumer goods. 3/6/2012 Certainly there is another way. Doug Yates Chesapeake VA 23324 United States Once again, our leaders have taken the easy way out! Instead of planning and looking for solutions they raise taxes 3/6/2012 (tolls are taxes) Page 87 of 102
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