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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 Bonnie Jones Norfolk VA 23509 United States There are enough TAXES in our localities to PAY for the Tunnels & Bridges IN our AREA! Property Tax, Gas Tax, Food Tax, Income Tax, Vehicle Registration, Just to name a few BIG ones ‐ We don't need TOLLS ‐ WE NEED BETTER 2/27/2012 MANAGEMENT OF FINANCES!! Yazmin leon portsmouth VA 23707 United States I own a house in Portsmouth and work at the naval base. Yes, I have steady job but that doesn't mean I have the extra money to be paying for a toll twice a day at "peak hours" to top it off. I have a family and although $1.50 may 2/27/2012 not seem like much to some people that makes a big difference to me. Harley Martin Norfolk VA 23513 United States I don't use the tunnels often enough for EZ‐Pass to be cost effective, nor do I see any reason to then be forced to pay ten dollars a 2 way trip when I must go to the Portsmouth Naval Hospital. My only option left is to then double (possibly triple with others doing the same thing) the time it takes to get there by going around. The traffic has to go 2/27/2012 somewhere, and the other options are just going to get even more backed up than they already are. robert church Portsmouth VA 23704 United States I am in staunch opposition to the tolls that will be levied on people that transit either daily or recreationally through the downtown and midtown tunnels. This will ostracize Portsmouth and any gentrification of Portsmouth will slow or come to a complete stop. Politicians need to be held in check and start being responsible for the monies they are 2/27/2012 already taking from the taxpayers. LaReese Harrison Suffolk VA 23435 United States 2/27/2012 I live in Suffolk work in Norfolk. Enough said. Jerry Schmidt Portsmouth VA 230703 United States I think everyone should boycott the downtown tunnel for one month if possible. This is the most insane idea VA officials have every come up with. I live in Portsmouth & work in VA beach, this is another $1,000 out of my pocket for my one income family. Going over the High rise bridge will cost me $400 more a year in gas but add 5K miles to 2/27/2012 my car. I can't win. When was the last me you saw a toll in Northern VA. I think there's only one in Richmond. Anthony Sanseverino Va Bch VA 23462 United States Now we get to pay to go to work!! Yay!! And with gas prices going up too........they picked a great time to hurt the 2/27/2012 citizens of Hampton Roads Linda Stevenson Suffolk VA 23434 United States Amount of funds it will cost for me to go back and forth to work each year. According to the calculator provided, I will 2/27/2012 be paying at 1656 per year Dolores Moore Chesapeake VA 23323 United States The fairest, most reasonable way to address the transportation needs in VA is by increasing the gas tax. I don't know 2/27/2012 of anything else in this country that has not had an increase in 25 years except VA's gas tax. Dustin Hirmer norfolk VA 23513 United States 2/27/2012 they should have thought about a budget long before now and not try to make us pay for it Margaret Rankin norfolk VA 23510 United States We pay enough taxes to maintain the road ways.. VA needs to get smarter about the way they do business and stop 2/27/2012 looking to the locals and keep squeezing us for everything we have. No to tolls!!!!!! Kimberly Tucker Chesapeake VA 23321 United States 2/27/2012 Toll is not affordable for most citizens. Toll is going to cause a tremendous hardship. Lytrece Clark Chesapeake VA 23323 United States With gas prices scheduled to increase and the addition of tolls, these added expenses will hurt local businesses and 2/27/2012 personal budgets. Jillian Rubino Norfolk VA 23517 United States It is frustrating that, living in Norfolk, I will basically owe a toll to get most places, including work. My employer, a large area hospital, cannot afford a suitable raise, much less a cost of living wage adjustment, so this toll seems to me 2/27/2012 to be quite unfair in a time when we are ALL struggling with money. Alvin Swilley Portsmouth VA 23701 United States I go to and from Norfolk from Portsmouth seven days a week for work. Sometimes, I make this trip more than once a 2/27/2012 day. Increasing gasoline tax by pennies would have been the better option. John McKinzie Portsmouth VA 23703 United States Live in Portsmouth, work in Virginia Beach. This in all likely‐hood will cause me to leave the region and find a new job. This is a horribly in efficient solution. Decreasing efficiency of current infrastructure to pay for future is very stupid. I 2/27/2012 am also in graduate at ODU and have to travel through the midtown tunnel several times a week. Dennis Powell Portsmouth VA 23703 United States We are already taxed to the teeth!!! This project has been forced down our thoat without ANY input from the 2/27/2012 community!!! Richard Harden Virginia Beach VA 23456‐5414 United States Once tolls are in place all of the trucks currently running between the different terminals are going to re‐route to 66‐ 2/27/2012 664 and cause even more traffic tie ups. Second cannot afford almost $4k out of my pocket. Page 70 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 Karen Fann Suffolk VA 23435 United States We do not need tolls. Not like the money will be used to repair the roads they are charged on. This money is going to do nothing but benefit those in VA Government and HURT the citizens of this state. Jobs are gone, gas is rising and 2/27/2012 now adding tolls??? Is our Government STUPID? Jennifer Hudson Zuni VA 23898 United States I travel these roads to work everyday. Its bad enough that gas prices are on the rise. I dont need to add tolls to the 2/27/2012 list. Shanda Peay Virginia Beach VA 23464 United States 2/27/2012 DO NOT NEED ANYMORE MONEY COMING OUT OF PEOPLE POCKETS!!HAVE U SEEN THE GAS! Erin Sylvia Suffolk VA 23434 United States My husband and I haven't recieved cost of living raises in 4 or 5 years. Food, gas, utilities etc. are increasing in price, where am I supposed to find extra money to pay for tolls on a road that I have to travel everyday to get to and from work. I already pay state income taxes. Now the state is making it a financial burden for me to get to and from work 2/27/2012 everyday. How is that fair? Miriam Tejeda Suffolk VA 23434 United States I live in Suffolk, work in Norfolk. We have not seen a raise in many years. Not to mention that gas prices are going up 2/27/2012 again. Add a toll fee (back and forth); this will impact (in a negative way) my already tight budget. Sara Krieger Virginia Beach VA 23453 United States 2/27/2012 Because it will kill Portsmouth economically! Bradley Brown Portsmouth VA 23701 United States 2/27/2012 Taking classes at TCC, going to put a huge strain on my already tight budget. ernest snead norfolk VA 23502 United States 2/27/2012 where do i get the money to pay the tolls if i don't make that much pay for working Rhianon Growney Portsmouth VA 23703 United States Tolls are just going to make travel through the tunnels more congested than they already are and they are unwarranted. My husband has to commute daily and we are a single income family, so he will have to find another job. Our family will not use either tunnel to give any money to this project if these tolls are in fact added to out 2/27/2012 tunnels. Frank Sturgis Chesapeake VA 23320 United States Cause i think its stupid to put a toll anywhere in Hampton roads considering we all ready have massive Backups now!The person who thought of this ignorent idea is a Greedy fool! Instead of making tolls why dont they take a pay 2/27/2012 cut! Ralph Edwards Norfolk VA 23508 United States We have already payed for the tunnel and it is being given away now we are taxed to cross our tunnel this is a bigger 2/27/2012 tax hike than i have ever experanced Chad Beichner Virginia Beach VA 23451 United States 2/27/2012 I have to cross that for work twice a day, it would cost close to a $1000.00 a year Jason Wright Williamsburg VA 23188 United States Public‐private partnerships constitute privatization of Public responsibility to private entities, which is a BAD thing. Among other things, this method makes the project cost more overall (we pay for the operations + the company's profit), it enlarges the share that individuals pay (e.g. a toll will cost you more than your share of a gas tax), it limits access (e.g. many Hampton Roads residents cannot afford the proposed toll), it reduces quality (the company cuts corners as it tries to increase the profit margin), and it reduces transparency (a company does not have to release information, but VDOT does through FOIA). No one wants to talk about a tax hike, but it is needed to properly fund 2/27/2012 transportation improvements in the Commonwealth. Fight to end the tolls, and fight to end all privatization!! Michael Dandrea Chesapeake VA 23321 United States 2/28/2012 I travel through the tunnel everyday. I shouldn't have to pay for a tunnel I never drive through! Ken wurster Virginia Beach VA 23464 United States Hampton Roads area is not a big money area. Wages are kept low, We only have one fortune 500 company that is 2/28/2012 Norfolk Southern. 20 dollars a week really . 80 bucks a month. 960 a year . WOW what a rip off. kim kendzior Virginia Beach VA 23462 United States I'm on a fixed income and can't make it now let alone additional expense added to driving through tunnels. Give it a 2/28/2012 rest, people can't afford tolls! Kathleen Cooper Chesapeake VA 23321 United States I use the Midtown & Downtown Tunnels everyday to and from work. Adding the tunnels would be a huge burden on my monthly budget. With gas prices already going up, the state is asking me to pay tolls on top of that so that I can get to work?! These tolls will be a major burden to Chesapeake and Portsmouth residents who depend on these 2/28/2012 tunnels everyday. Brittney Horton Portsmouth VA 23704 United States I can not afford the tolls, plus gas/mortgage/car note/insurance/utilities. it's an extra expense i don't want to add to my budget. I am already living pay check to paycheck. I feel as though Portsmouth wants to either keep certain 2/28/2012 people in the city or keep certain people OUT!!! Page 71 of 102
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