By Paddy
Or at least a light purple. Mitch's numbers aren't as good as they should be, and it's because of stuff like this. Hoosiers did not like the sale.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Toll booth lines, high gas prices and even an advertising mascot have drawn the ire of motorists traveling the 157-mile Indiana Toll Road across northern Indiana.
Drivers have flooded several state offices with letters, e-mails and calls complaining about the highway, which a Spanish-Australian consortium paid $3.8 billion to operate nearly two years ago.
"With the high costs of fuel people can't readily afford to sit in traffic for an hour or more just to go 1-2 miles to pay a toll," said Ryan Courtney in a letter sent last summer. The Lowell resident said toll booth backups had nearly doubled his commute time to Chicago for work, but they have since dropped.
Filthy restrooms at the highway's travel plazas, which are operated by private businesses and not Toll Road management, have drawn complaints. One letter writer described clogged sinks, dirty toilet stalls and overflowing trash bins at the Toll Road bathroom she used.
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