Highway fixes

[farmaholic]

How much revenue is collected in fuel tax versus the repair budget. Or total highway's budget.

No sarcasm intended but it would be interesting to know.

[fjlip]

They did the new level seal on the highway running N and S by the farm. It really smartened up the highway. Just the two lanes and centre. We had a good base.

I'm all for this its a very nice road now.

A few years ago they did the same north of Melville it lasted for a bit lots of heavy traffic.

It's better than the old oil gravel drive on the patch that never worked.

Tell me what is this level seal? Saw some on #16 and west of Nipawin. Asked highways and MLA, nobody answered me!
Biggest issue is RIUGH uneven surfaces.
Want to see NICE highways, go to BC. Way better than even AB. Never straight but smooth and FIXED properly. Guess warmer doesn't wreck roads.

[RTK]

Who doesn’t use roads? Trying to think of a situation where someone can claim they receive no benefit from a road network? Perhaps individuals who are hunters and gathers in some tribe with no ties to civilization.

[Guest]

Who doesn’t use roads? Trying to think of a situation where someone can claim they receive no benefit from a road network? Perhaps individuals who are hunters and gathers in some tribe with no ties to civilization.

or basement dwellers?

[bucket]

Is it time to privatize the road system and use a user pay system to pay for them? The more you use them the more you pay. That way people who don’t use them don’t have to subsidize those who do with taxpayer paid for roads. This would help governments lower taxes for everyone.

How about they charge the companies that arbitrarily close a 10000 tonne elevator that would save many miles on the road for plenty of farmers....instead of saying you cant tell a private business what to do while they send you a highway repair bill every 5 years because they don't want to use the rail line 50 yards parallel to the highway .....just to make their logistics easier and farmers fuel and freight bills higher....

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Is it time to privatize the road system and use a user pay system to pay for them? The more you use them the more you pay. That way people who don’t use them don’t have to subsidize those who do with taxpayer paid for roads. This would help governments lower taxes for everyone.

Chuck, congratulations, that is the least socialist thing you have ever said on Agriville.
And no doubt this is coming, there has to be a way to replace the fuel tax on all of the electric vehicles currently getting a free ride. Rather than a prohibitive one time fee at registration time, I foresee road taxes based on GPS tracked miles driven ( based on weight of vehicle) being the model. And I am fine with that. Why should someone using public transit, or feet, or a bicycle, be subsidizing my neighbor who drives an hour to work everyday in the nearest city?

And while we are at it, lets apply the same logic to the power grid. With a user pay system, for those who are using the grid as free storage for their solar or wind generation. The more you use the grid for storage, the more you pay. That way people who don't abuse the grid in this way, don't have to subsidize those who do, with their electricity bills for grid and dispatchable generation costs. This would help electricity regulators lower costs for everyone.

See what I did there?

[SASKFARMER]

I like it

[MBgrower]

Chuck, congratulations, that is the least socialist thing you have ever said on Agriville.
And no doubt this is coming, there has to be a way to replace the fuel tax on all of the electric vehicles currently getting a free ride. Rather than a prohibitive one time fee at registration time, I foresee road taxes based on GPS tracked miles driven ( based on weight of vehicle) being the model. And I am fine with that. Why should someone using public transit, or feet, or a bicycle, be subsidizing my neighbor who drives an hour to work everyday in the nearest city?

And while we are at it, lets apply the same logic to the power grid. With a user pay system, for those who are using the grid as free storage for their solar or wind generation. The more you use the grid for storage, the more you pay. That way people who don't abuse the grid in this way, don't have to subsidize those who do, with their electricity bills for grid and dispatchable generation costs. This would help electricity regulators lower costs for everyone.

See what I did there?

a toll based on your GPS logged miles is not too far away, only a matter of time.

[the big wheel]

Department of highways are responsible for approaches up to fence line as well are they not?! Maybe I can sell the rights to the approach to ducks unlimited!

Well they need water for the irrigation project so maybe you have a gold mine?

[flea beetle]

Well they need water for the irrigation project so maybe you have a gold mine?

It's been there so long, as the cattails would suggest, it might be a protected waterbody by now!