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By CRYSTAL BERNSTEIN
faff Writer
! Even though legislators do not
foresee the use of toll roads to pay
for the expansion of North Carolina's
highways, the General Assembly has
asked the N.C. Department of Trans
portation to investigate possible toll
sites. ,
An $8.6 billion, 12-year plan for
highway construction and mainte
nance introduced in the N.C. General
Assembly Monday will be paid for
by an increase of 5 cents per gallon
in the gasoline tax and a 2 percent
fee on automobile title transfers,
legislators say. Most agree a toll-road
system will not be needed to fund the
plan.
; "According to our figures, what we
have now will generate enough funds
to match what our program calls for,"
said David Prather, special assistant
jfor public affairs at the N.C. Depart
ment of Transportation.
I Some legislators feel, however, that
'factors such as high interest rates on
'car loans, a slowdown of economic
growth or an Arab oil embargo could
negatively affect current propositions
Bush concludes trip,
From Associated Press reports
ANCHORAGE, Alaska Pres
ident Bush flew home Monday from
five days of talks with world leaders
in. the Far East to wage domestic
diplomacy on behalf of his embattled
choice for defense secretary, John
Tower.
1 Bush made a brief refueling stop
here at Elmendorf Air Force Base
before resuming the last leg of his
more than 14-hour flight from Seoul,
South Korea, where his visit sparked
anti-American protests and violence.
Bush was resting up for a heavy
day of lobbying for the Tower
confirmation vote this week following
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for gathering funds.
"I would just like to have a little
more comfort factor," said Sen. Bill
Goldston, D-Rockingham. "I'm not
as comfortable as I was originally
(that the necessary funds will be avail
able)." Goldston is co-chairman of
the Highway Study Commission.
The Department of Transportation
has been asked to study the feasibility
of establishing toll roads. Though
there are no plans to build toll roads,
the General Assembly has asked if
tolls could be implemented in the
future and where the toll roads would
best be located.
Toll booths cannot be constructed
on highways built by federal funds,
which would limit their location to
new state-funded roads unless the
federal government becomes more
lenient in this policy.
Five experimentation projects are
being built using both federal funds
and funds generated by toll roads.
Half of the money necessary for the
construction of these highways is
being provided by the federal govern
ment, which demonstrates its chang
ing views in the area of combining
the crisis that erupted in his absence.
He was to meet at the White House
with 12 Democratic senators begin
ning shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday in
a bid to get them to "keep an open
mind" and build support for Tower,
Fitzwater said.
The president's aides said they were
hopeful that Tower's unusual week
end pledge to abstain from drinking
alcohol if confirmed would help boost
his chances.
Fitzwater said the pledge "should
take care of the drinking situation"
that many senators said was bother
ing them.
Bush is seeking to get the
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no
tolls and funding, said Larry Goode,
manager of program and policy at
the Department of Transportation.
Goode anticipates the government
will relax its position on toll roads
in the 1992 Federal Highway Act, as
does Rep. Bob Hunter, D-McDowell,
the other co-chairman of the High
way Study Commission.
Legislators agree toll roads have
their drawbacks, causing traffic
congestion and costing approxi
mately one-third of the revenue
derived from tolls to administer.
"They are a very expensive way to
pay for highways," Prather said.
To be effective, the toll booths must
be placed in high-traffic areas and on
highways that could not be easily
avoided by the traveling public,
Hunter said. Loops around metropol
itan areas and major bridges at the
coast are being considered as two
possible locations for toll booths,
Goode said.
As technology improves, electronic
scanners can be used to determine
how many times an automobile
passes a particular toll site, allowing
the automobile driver to be billed
will lobby
Democratic-controlled Senate to
confirm Tower despite the 1 1-9 party
line vote last week of its Armed
Services Committee to reject him
amid allegations of alcoholism and
womanizing.
Defense was the main subject in
Bush's speech earlier Monday to the
National Assembly in Seoul. The
president vowed to keep U.S. troops
stationed there so long as they were
requested by the government to
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monthly for tolls and eliminating the
need for toll-booth staffers, Goode
said.
"That would make the toll route
more viable," he said.
Though the public sees toll booths
as a means for making tourists and
transient drivers pay for their use of
N.C. highways, most citizens would
be opposed to the erection of toll sites,
Goode said.
. The public already pays a gasoline
tax and should not be forced to pay
tolls, said Rep. Martin Nesbitt, D
Buncombe. "My personal opinion is that we
don't need (toll roads)," he said. "The
people of this state are used to going
from one place to another on good
roads."
Though toll roads will probably
not be implemented in the near
future, it is agreed they could solve
highway funding problems in the
future.
"If people demand highways,
youVe got to pay for them. And that's
just another way to pay for them,"
Goldston said.
for Tower
preserve stability.
On another subject, Bush voiced
concerns over the U.S.-South Korea
trade imbalance, both in his speech
to the lawmakers and after a meeting
with President Roh Tae-Woo. He
suggested that South Korea do more
to lower its barriers to U.S. goods.
"Korea has benefited from the U.S.
open markets ... We must expect
fair access to the markets here," Bush
said after the meeting with Roh.
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Chapel Hill Police Roundup
o Thursday's snow did not
cause Chapel Hill police many,
problems.
Police reports showed only a
few snowball incidents. On Friday,
some juveniles were throwing
snowballs at a city bus on N.C.
54 at the Oaks. The youths were
not located. The roof of a Jeep
was also damaged by flying snow.
Icy driveways and alleys caused
some personal injuries as well. A
Chapel Hill man injured his ankle
Saturday when he fell on an icy
patch in the alley beside the
Hardback Cafe. A woman broke
her ankle when she fell at her
residence.
No major accidents were attrib
uted to the snow and ice.
B Someone called 911 Sunday
and reported that a sign with
"Help" written on it had been
placed on the mailbox of a Green
Street residence. Police found a
party at the home and determined
the sign was a hoax.
a Two shoplifting incidents
occurred over the weekend at
Roses in University Mall.
An officer saw a man leave the
store Saturday carrying merchan
dise under his coat. When he was
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stopped, he dropped the items and
ran. He was later identified, and
a .warrant is being issued.
A Chapel Hill woman was
arrested Sunday-after she was seen
leaving the store with two cassette
tapes.
D A man was stopped by police
Friday for erratic driving. He had
no license, and he did not know
the owner of the car he was driving
or the last name of the person who
loaned him the. vehicle. William
Whitted was arrested and later
released to his mother.
B Cars in the rear parking lot
of University Baptist Church on
Franklin Street were the target of
vandals in two separate incidents
this weekend.
In both incidents, police suspect
a knife was used to puncture the
tires of cars parked there. The total
damage to the two cars was
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