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"Seriously, do we have to have rude comments regarding NC drivers. I'm a native, and I can assure you that NC natives are a rare species in the RTP area. How many do YOU know? They are certainly not a majority of drivers on area roads. 24601"

That is why they are so east to spot. They stick out like sore thumbs.

piene2
January 10, 2013 4:45 p.m.

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"Stringbean-that picture was taken before it opened to the public." *** I guess you dont spend much time over there. I do and its like that a good part of every day.

Stringbean
January 10, 2013 2:31 p.m.

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How much money is the Tollbooth folks spending on all those phony ads claiming someone being home 15 minutes early lets you cook food for you family and watch the 6 o'clock news?

corey3rd2
January 10, 2013 2:28 p.m.

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From the article: "Jason Peterson, a project manager with the North Carolina Turnpike Authority, said the exit is built to federal standards..."

"You're not going to convince anyone in DOT or the Turnpike Authority that their new baby is ugly." Pseudonym I can not help but keep hearing one of the greatest lines ever in any movie, over and over right now; from MIB "Gentlemen, congratulations. You're everything we've come to expect from years of government training. Now please step this way, as we provide you with our final test: an eye exam."

look deeper
January 10, 2013 1:39 p.m.

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Stringbean-that picture was taken before it opened to the public.

kikinc
January 10, 2013 1:19 p.m.

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Seriously, do we have to have rude comments regarding NC drivers. I'm a native, and I can assure you that NC natives are a rare species in the RTP area. How many do YOU know? They are certainly not a majority of drivers on area roads.

24601
January 10, 2013 1:06 p.m.

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It should have never been a toll road in the 1st place.

mojridingrb
January 10, 2013 12:29 p.m.

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Lol !!! ... look at the picture ! No one is on that road. You can drive over any of the over-passes and see how empty it is.

Stringbean
January 10, 2013 12:10 p.m.

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If this road ever gets used to capacity, most of the exits will be huge bottlenecks. They are all very slow and sharp, which will back up traffic onto the expressway. Very poor design.

Not_So_Dumb
January 10, 2013 12:07 p.m.

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What ever they have collected is severely lower than what their expectations are.

Think of it like this - you have a toll road, and only 10 people per hour use it, and you need 250 people per hour to pay for it - then this was built as a SHAM.

The pricing points for it is like $400 to go around the entire loop, versus twelve cents per mile.

So who are they really trying to get to buy into this? I know their mentality - eventually people will get fed up with the traffic jam to pay $12 a day to drive to RTP.

Not me. $12 plus the gas? It is a SHAM!

admyank
January 10, 2013 11:07 a.m.

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