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COPYRIGHT 2005 The Dallas Morning News
Byline: Tony Hartzel
Mar. 25--PLANO -- Placing tolls on State Highway 121 in western Collin County could raise enough bond revenue to pay for $381 million in projects, a newly released study shows.
But most of that money -- from $240 million to $366 million, depending on the scenario -- would have to be spent completing the main lanes of Highway 121 and building ramps at the highway's interchanges with Central Expressway and the Dallas North Tollway.
The excess revenue, which under one scenario could reach about $141 million, probably would be divided equally or close to equally among Frisco, Allen, McKinney and Plano for local transportation projects. McKinney and Allen, for example, might choose to use that money to help pay to widen Central...
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