Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) has signed an executive order called the Transportation Modernization Act that will add “choice lanes,” otherwise known as toll lanes, to The Volunteer State.
Gov. Lee tweeted that the bill will help communities all across the state and prepare for “continued growth, without new taxes or debt.”
I signed the Transportation Modernization Act, an historic bill that will prepare rural & urban communities across TN for continued growth, without new taxes or debt. https://t.co/Jmjfs5U1qJ
— Gov. Bill Lee (@GovBillLee) April 17, 2023
Many state lawmakers and groups in both political parties have critiqued Gov. Lee’s plan for “choice lanes,” citing the state’s inability to take care of its own roads and that they’re masking the face that these “choice lanes” are really tolls.
.@GovBillLee & @myTDOT think they can trick TN families into thinking Lee’s so-called “Transportation Modernization Act” (HB321) isn’t creating toll roads. His bill literally only changes the word from “tolling” to “user fees.” It’s comical how little effort they’re making here. pic.twitter.com/Hxp7mZ43RV
— John Ray Clemmons (@JRClemmons) February 28, 2023
Their justification for the need for toll roads. I’ll interpret….
“Tennessee is so prosperous, so attractive, and has created so many jobs, that we can’t afford to build our own roads.”
I have never seen someone that can lay on the BS thicker than @govbilllee pic.twitter.com/WDZ4PkuEF0
— Gary Humble (@garyhumble) February 11, 2023
