A grassroots group, called “Voter GA” held a meeting in Roswell last night to protest the tolls on Georgia 400. The tolls were supposed to end once the stretch of the highway inside the perimeter was built. But, in 2010, state officials decided to extend them for ten years. State transportation officials say the money is funding highway improvement projects. But Garland Favorito, the founder of Voter GA, is skeptical.
“That money will be misappropriated, in our opinion, to other parts of the state miles and miles away from where the toll booth was originally constructed,” Favorito says.
But the State Road and Tollway Authority says they’ve been transparent about the process.
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