Let's rename the turnpike
The Globe reports: Huge bill could soon come due for Turnpike.
Dan Kennedy asks: Why not let it go bankrupt?
... Regardless of why and how all this happened, the idea that the Legislature can't replace something stupid (toll hikes) with something smart (a higher gas tax) because of deals that the Pike negotiated in the credit market smacks of extortion. ...
The Outraged Liberal proposes some name changes for the local roadways:
Drivers should head through the AIG Tunnel from the airport, hop on I-93 and head north over the Ambac Bridge or south through the CitiGroup Tunnel. They could get free rides (unless it springs a leak or two or three hundred), just like the companies that made the questionable deals.
But by no means should they head west on the Lehman Brothers Turnpike. The tolls will be a killer.
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Turnpike Authority should declare bankruptcy
Default on the debt and enter Chapter 7 (liquidation). Let the banks eat the loss, rather than taxpayers or toll-payers.
We already allow the toll
We already allow the toll plazas to be named on places like the Tobin Bridge, why not just finish selling out and offer naming rights on these bridges. I would propose it go Original Bridge name/Corporate name. Zakim/Bank of America Bridge, and let Bank of American worry about painting it and installing pretty halogen lights, the lights can even mimic the companies trademark colors. At one point there was talk of lighting up the Tobin Bridge, let it be sponsored by Green Giant vegtebles and light it up and lower the tolls.