We need highways not tollways

I can only imagine how frustrated the woman in your front page article dated June 21 on tollway potholes was. After being conned into jumping through hoops of submitted documentation, she is subsequently told months later "Sorry, no can do!" And there she sits, responsible for a nearly $1,200 bill for merely driving on a tollway ironically, her tolls are supposedly funding for repairs and maintenance. The tollway wasn't afforded reasonable time to correct the situation" was their response. So, if I get this right, their contention is some poor unsuspecting victim, must ruin their tire and rim in order for the toll way to be "properly" notified?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't they have an arsenal of state vehicles, including "maintenance" trucks and equipment, our tax's and tolls pay for, driving up and down these toll ways daily? Don't they see these potholes? And is this some new phenomenon - pot holes caused by bad winters?

Give me a break, it happens each and every winter, and it's your road that we help you to maintain. The tollway's excuse of notification is laughable at best. I wonder if perhaps, when a person trips on my driveway in a pothole, can I use this same lame excuse? Worst of all, and probably the most disturbing, is the overall condition of our roads.

If you've driven on Wisconsin highways as I have, perhaps you've noticed their condition. They are smooth. And while they are heavily traveled by truck traffic, they are maintained and their department of transportation is not taking a single dime in tolls to do it. And I'm pretty sure, the last time I checked, their winters are at least as bad as ours, more likely worse.

In my opinion, the tollway owes this woman for her repairs, to do anything less is irresponsible and unfair.

Matt Schroeder

Buffalo Grove