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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
They don't have the financial capital to build such a road themselves. Tolls would never fully pay for the road either. It would probably take 30 years just to collect the cost of the road, without interest on borrowing money to build the road.
They are never going to get a significantly better deal than what is being offered now. Include opportunity cost, and there is no doubt that the best deal they can get is the deal before them now, IMO.
Assuming it's mostly a more guaranteed version of the 2009 agreement, the band would get tens of thousands of Calgarians coming to their doorstep every day, plus enough money to have a great start on developing land around the road for lease.
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Well they could get private company to build it, maintain it, collect the tolls and send them a cheque each year. They don't need to have the cash up front (assuming this is legal under the Indian Act). I'm in favour of toll roads in general, but if the SW portion is tolled, the rest of it better be as well. Lets throw the airport tunnel in for good measure!