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Last month, the Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority (CCRMA) broke ground on a toll road that will essentially take over FM 511. They used millions of stimulus dollars to fund the project. Last time I check stimulus funding was taxpayer money. However, that is not enough for the CCRMA.

They will impose a toll on that road. Yay!

David Allex, chairman of the CCRMA and Governor Rick Perry appointee, told the Brownsville Herald,

Allex said the rumor that Brownsville residents will be taxed to pay for the toll road is a “total lie.”

I feel so much better. County residents who own vehicles do pay a big fee every year that goes into road maintenance. We are already being “taxed” by while they look for ways to impose toll roads throughout the city and the rest of the county.

I’ve often wondered why they want to build this West Parkway toll road to connect B&M Bridge along the old railroad line all the way to state highway 77.

Is it because HNTB is the architect of the Brownsville Sports Park where the toll road will meet? The CCRMA’s general engineering consultant is HNTB.