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mcfez - 9-28-2012 at 11:42 AM

I just heard for the second time that once the highway improvement is completed from Mexicali to San Felipe......the state plans to install a toll booth. Has anyone heard this too?

sancho - 9-28-2012 at 12:02 PM

Speculation? perhaps. but it
would not be surprizing, even further so. of
SF, the effort they put into the road to Gonzaga,
I could see them charging for the Hwy to SF
when it is repaved, they charge on Hwy1,
2 from Tecate to so. of Mexicali, so Hwy 5
seems to fit in, for a distance like that, maybe
100 mi., I could see a toll of $10 +
Good point D, traditionally there was always a libre rd.
somewhere in the vicinity of the Toll Rd., would not
be easy to drive Mexicali/SF along side Hwy 5 in the dirt

[Edited on 9-28-2012 by sancho]

DENNIS - 9-28-2012 at 12:51 PM

It used to be policy...regulation or law that if a toll road was put in, there had to be a free road as well.
Will there be a road for the less priveleged to use without driving in the dirt?

I think Blvd. 2000, for one, really stretches this point.

motoged - 9-28-2012 at 01:00 PM

I dunno :?: ....but they could do with a few taco booths :biggrin:

Coco's will certainly have a different "cachet" once the pavement passes west of him....more visitors I hope....for his refreshment business at least....

That is my understanding as well

thebajarunner - 9-28-2012 at 02:56 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by DENNIS
It used to be policy...regulation or law that if a toll road was put in, there had to be a free road as well.
Will there be a road for the less priveleged to use without driving in the dirt?

I think Blvd. 2000, for one, really stretches this point.


Maybe the Laguna Salada counts as a free road

amigobaja - 9-28-2012 at 03:22 PM

i drove from mulege to sf a week ago and their getting so far south that coco has started a toll booth. he plans to take over all maintenance and landscaping of this new beautiful road and promises no bull on his hwy. He says he'll except both pesos or tin cans so everyone will need to start collecting them from the roadways.

woody with a view - 9-28-2012 at 07:36 PM

no need to collect the cans from the road. there are none! just save your cans during your trip and dump them in his yard when you pass thru. sorta like paying a toll.....:light:

grace59 - 9-29-2012 at 12:55 PM

I'm thinking this is just a rumor. I first heard this back when they were building what is now the new Military Checkpoint on 5. I guess someone thought that they were going to be Toll Booths...the rumor then was that Carlos Slim had purchased the Highway and would be charging a toll for its use. :tumble: I once asked one of the soldiers there about it...saying that I heard there would be a charge to use the road and he looked at me like I was a bit Loco...and then laughed about the entire thing. Like I said....probably just a resurfacing of an old rumor. Must not be anything new to talk about in SF.

Marc - 9-29-2012 at 06:56 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by amigobaja
i drove from mulege to sf a week ago and their getting so far south that coco has started a toll booth. he plans to take over all maintenance and landscaping of this new beautiful road and promises no bull on his hwy. He says he'll except both pesos or tin cans so everyone will need to start collecting them from the roadways.


Only Tecate cans.:lol::lol::lol:

Bajajorge - 9-30-2012 at 08:58 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by mcfez
I just heard for the second time that once the highway improvement is completed from Mexicali to San Felipe......the state plans to install a toll booth. Has anyone heard this too?


You been hangin out in the hot tub? Or is this some fact from someone who knows all for a fact?:?:

When they first put in the permanent military check point just north of San Felipe, one of the big hot tub rumors was that it was a toll station. But, now we know that it is a permanent military check point.

:light:Maybe the Mexican government read some of these forums and got the bright idea to change it a toll station to make a few bucks from the gringos.:lol:

mcfez - 9-30-2012 at 10:13 AM

**Rumors Rumors Rumors Rumors Rumors Rumors**
Is exactly what my topic declared :-)

As for hanging out in the Hot Tubs.....
Quote:
Originally posted by Bajajorge
Quote:
Originally posted by mcfez
I just heard for the second time that once the highway improvement is completed from Mexicali to San Felipe......the state plans to install a toll booth. Has anyone heard this too?


You been hangin out in the hot tub? Or is this some fact from someone who knows all for a fact?:?:

When they first put in the permanent military check point just north of San Felipe, one of the big hot tub rumors was that it was a toll station. But, now we know that it is a permanent military check point.

:light:Maybe the Mexican government read some of these forums and got the bright idea to change it a toll station to make a few bucks from the gringos.:lol:




[Edited on 9-30-2012 by mcfez]

Yessssss???

DavidE - 9-30-2012 at 04:57 PM

grace59 - 10-1-2012 at 07:31 PM

A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way. ~John Tudor