Group proposes Missouri vote to ban toll roads

JEFFERSON CITY — A nonprofit has proposed asking Missourians in 2018 whether to ban future tolling on existing state roads.

A Better Road Forward, a nonprofit started in March by Warrenton Oil Co. head Wayne Baker, has filed three initiative petitions with the office of Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, the group said Wednesday in a news release. The wording of the proposed constitutional amendments vary, but the objective is the same.

"Our goal with this initiative is simple: To ban double taxation and preserve the freedom of our roadways current and future generations of hard-working Missourians," Baker said in the release. "Missourians already pay a gas tax for our roads. We should not have to pay a toll tax as well."

The release describes A Better Road Forward as "a transportation advocacy group comprised of concerned citizens, small businesses, organizations, and communities who are committed to finding viable solutions to solve Missouri's transportation crisis."

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