At public hearings in 2005 when concerned citizens first found out that new improvements would now turn 281 into a toll road, they did their due diligence to call and write their elected representatives, testify before transportation boards and the Texas Legislature, get the public opposition on the record at public hearings, hold protest rallies and more to get the original gas tax funded improvements installed on US 281. But EVERY one of these attempts has been met with contempt for taxpayers who oppose this unnecessary, unbridled new taxation. Few elected officials have made any attempts to remedy the situation, forcing the citizens into court to stop this $1.3 billion freeway to tollway conversion in order to advance the non-toll fix to 281.

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