Full MDX Toll hike on Dolphin Expressway (SR836) goes into effect Next Year

 By hook or by crook the unelected Miami-Dade Expressway Board (MDX) sticks to its guns and allows the higher 70 cents per toll point to go into effect.  Critics were lobbying for no tolls or a lower amount of 60 cents per toll but that was not to be. The citizen Roll Back Toll advocates are no match for the construction industry lobbyists.  They bring lots of cash to campaigns.  They want this done because it assures them a steady income for the foreseeable future.  Pave it all the way to the Everglades is their slogan.  Public transport, such as Metrorail is not the primary focus for the leader of the county.  All the citizens can do is hold their elected leaders accountable for they are the ones who appoint the MDX Board. For those in Homestead who have for years paid the Florida Turnpike Tolls this shouldn't  be an opportunity to bask in the misfortune of others, what the Germans call schadenfreude.  This just means any trip Homestead residents make to the city core will be that much more expensive.  Collectively we now know how the country roads are paid for:  Tolls! Tolls! Tolls!

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 Everybody Pays: MDX to Increase tolls on SR836-Dolphin Expressway 

Toll hike remains on State Road 836 - Miami-Dade - MiamiHerald.com