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Share   • Print   • - A A A +  Paying to get to where you're
going faster.  That's the idea behind a project the Florida
Department of Transportation says is just a few years down the
road.  They're called express lanes.  On certain parts of I-295
one additional lane will be built in each direction. That lane
will be used for people that want to pay to use it.  The tolls
will work a lot like Sunpass -- drivers will pay electronically.
Those against the lanes say it leaves some people out.   "It
sounds like the haves and the have nots. The people that can
afford it can have it - the ones that cant afford to pay the
extra - they have to sit in traffic," said Edonia Bensle.  "A
lot of times in rush hour I have to get on the other side of
town - and if there's an extra lane that i have to pay for I'm
willing to pay to get there faster," said Zane Dollar. 
According to FDOT, the cost of