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Attachment to Mr. Cairn's Message Regarding<br />
Termination for Convenience of the P3 Contract for the Midtown Tunnel/Downtown Tunnel/MLK Extension Project<br />
Amanda Outcalt Norfolk VA 23507 United States<br />
This will be a huge burden for people who travel through tunnels for work, and it will also isolate different parts of<br />
2/10/2012 <strong>Hampton</strong> <strong>Roads</strong> like Portsmouth.<br />
Wayne Mills Jr Smithfield VA 23430 United States<br />
I think the rest of the state should help pay for the tunnel. We have helped pay for major improvements in Norther<br />
VA plus we helped pay for the loop around the west side of Richmond. If a toll must be paid it should not exceed<br />
2/10/2012 $1.00.<br />
Virginia Harvey Norfolk VA 23507 United States 2/10/2012 Just raise the gas tax! Can we have a petition for that?<br />
David Hostler Suffolk VA 23432 United States 2/10/2012 This is nothing more than another tax for the working man<br />
bob strother portsmouth VA 23702‐2205 United States<br />
No tolls or higher taxes were needed for the new fly‐overs and interstates in Northern Va. Where the average<br />
2/10/2012 income is higher. Why not share the wealth of the Commonwealth in <strong>Hampton</strong> <strong>Roads</strong>.<br />
James Summerlin Norfolk VA 23502 United States<br />
Something with such long lasting effects should have been put to the people in the form of a vote. I suggest we use<br />
2/10/2012 our votes at the next election to show how we feel about being left out of this decision.<br />
Wayne Brown Norfolk VA 23503 United States<br />
Last week VA sold bonds at 1 3/8 per cent for transportation projects in Northern Va. The Governor wants <strong>Hampton</strong><br />
<strong>Roads</strong> to pay foreign investors 13.5 per cent for this project. What an awful deal!!! It must be stopped!! Where are<br />
2/10/2012 our local General Assembly members? Is Sen. Lucas the only one with backbone?<br />
James Kofa Virginia Beach VA 23453 United States<br />
Tolls are not the way to go in a bad economy.State Bonds at the current extremely low interest rate would be a start.<br />
2/10/2012 Plus this is a bad deal where a private company gets rich and public is stuck paying rising tolls for decades.<br />
Jan Gripp Virginia Beach VA 23454 United States<br />
I remember when there were tolls on all the tunnels...it really divided the hampton roads area...besides Portsmouth<br />
2/10/2012 doesn't need any more reasons not to go there.<br />
michael levinsky va beach VA 23452 United States 2/10/2012 Tolls slow traffic and are a costly way to collect money!!1<br />
The need for an additional tunnel and tunnel repairs were known long before the decission to build the light rail was<br />
Ray Sperle Virginia Beach VA 23452 United States 2/10/2012 made. Our governing officials are supposed to be looking out for our best interests, not overlooking the<br />
Janet R johnson Chesapeake VA 23321 United States 2/10/2012 My husband has had 2 strokes'bleeds on the brain. We have to go to Norfolk hospitals.<br />
Cheryl Brewster Portsmouth VA 23703 United States<br />
To express my outrage at the high cost of the new tolls for the tunnels. Our representatives must be competent<br />
2/10/2012 enough to find a reasonable way to control our traffic issues or they're not competent enough to serve.<br />
Dennis Stewart Suffolk VA 23434 United States 2/10/2012 can not afford the price with gas & everything else going up.<br />
katherine moriarty chesapeake VA 23321 United States<br />
Undue burden on the tunnel users, when the entire region (not to mention the state) benefits from the routes. High<br />
tolls would be crippling to students and the military. Too costly to collect the tolls with transponders and license<br />
2/10/2012 plate photos. Good luck getting payment from those without transponders.<br />
Everyone who travels these routes or receives goods transported on them needs to help pay for improvements.<br />
These costs should be included in the gas tax.<br />
Wynette McPherson Chesapeake VA 23321 United States 2/10/2012<br />
Monee Bengtson Portsmouth VA 23703 United States<br />
I commute from Portsmouth to Virginia Beach every day and have been for going on 8 years. I do not want to add<br />
2/10/2012 this expense to my commute everyday. I want to keep my job.<br />
Betty Barnes Suffolk VA 23434 United States 2/10/2012 Work in Norfolk and for business reasons I would rather have a higher gas tax for the state of Virginia.<br />
William White Smithfield VA 23430 United States<br />
Road funding should not be left to private industry. In attention to being a full time ODU student I work for a private<br />
surveying firm full‐time. I have seen first hand how private companies will cut corners on their product to save a few<br />
2/10/2012 pennies. I can only image what corners this "public‐private partnership" will want to cut with our roads.<br />
Robert Fortson Portsmouth VA 23704 United States<br />
1 ‐ The funds are going to be used for others that do not use the tunnel.<br />
2/10/2012 2‐ There are other projects funded without tools which treats Portsmouth unfairly.<br />
Garland Washington Norfolk VA 23513 United States<br />
I simply can not afford to pay a toll, because I can barley afford to take care of family. $1,000 IS LIKE A MILLION<br />
2/10/2012 DOLLARS TO ME.<br />
Scott Cramer Norfolk VA 23507 United States<br />
It's kind of obscene that we have to turn our infrastructure over to a for profit concern to build new projects when<br />
2/10/2012 we haven't raised the gas tax one penny in 26 years!!!!!<br />
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