given that the construction, maintenance and operation of roads is typically contracted out to the private sector anyway, what value is added by transferring traffic risk to a private sector owner? The government - through its traffic management and transport planning functions - is uniquely placed to manage traffic risk. Transferring to the private sector risks that are not within their control simply increases the cost of finance unnecessarily;
Some very cogent points against the concept of private toll roads
In the Economist's Buttonwood blog:
