Economists question road privatization
Source: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (OH), June 5, 2006
CLEVELAND - Economists who reviewed a plan by Ohio gubernatorial candidate Kenneth Blackwell to lease the Ohio Turnpike to private operators estimate it would raise only half the money he predicts. Blackwell, the Republican secretary of state, announced his idea to raise $4 billion to $6 billion by leasing out the 241-mile toll road in January, but detailed the plan in his book, "Rebuilding America." He points to states such as Illinois and Indiana that made money by taking their toll roads private.