Activist Groups Defend East Austin Residents from Toll Road Initiative
A group in East Austin is trying to put the brakes on toll roads in their area.
The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority plans to install toll lanes on Highways 290, 183 and 71 in East Austin.
Two groups; People Organized in the Defense of the Earth and her Resources (PODER) and the League of Latin American Citizens (LULAC), are asking the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization not to toll these roads.
The groups say they are unfairly bearing the toll burden, calling it economic racism.
"We see the lowest income people, basically on the east side of East Austin, are going to have to be paying money each time they get on freeways that are supposed to be free," says Poder Co-Director Susana Alamanza.
A spokesman with the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority says drivers will not have to use the toll roads. They say there will be a free alternative.
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