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The Montgomery County Toll Road Authority (MCTRA), formerly the Montgomery County Transportation Program (MCTP), is a government agency created on August 24, 2006 by Montgomery County to oversee all future toll road projects within the county. MCTRA operates one toll road: the MCTRA 249 Tollway, which serves as the tolled mainlines of SH 249 ( Tomball Parkway). This toll projects are located inside of Montgomery County, in the U.S. state of
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History

In 2005, Montgomery County created the Montgomery County Transportation Program (MCTP) to oversee various ''pass through toll'',TxDot'
Pass-Through Financing Program
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shadow toll A shadow toll is a contractual payment made by a government per driver using a road to a private company that operates a road built or maintained using private finance initiative funding. Payments are based, at least in part, on the number of veh ...
in other countries, financing projects for the state of
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, located within Montgomery County. On August 24, 2006, Montgomery County created the Montgomery County Toll Road Authority (MCTRA) to oversee all future toll road projects, located within Montgomery County. When the MCTRA began collecting tolls from the tolling facilities, it used the
EZ TAG EZ TAG is an electronic toll collection system in Houston, Texas, United States, that allows motorists to pay tolls without stopping at toll booths. Motorists with the tags are allowed to use lanes reserved exclusively for them on all Harris Coun ...
system along with the two Texas interoperable tags used in the state;
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TxTag TxTag , operated by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), is one of three interoperable electronic toll collection systems in Texas. The system is also interoperable with the K-TAG system used in Kansas and the Pikepass system used in O ...
and the
North Texas Tollway Authority The North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) is an organization that maintains and operates toll roads, bridges, and tunnels in the North Texas area. Functioning as a political subdivision of the State of Texas under Chapter 366 of the Transpor ...
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TollTag The North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) is an organization that maintains and operates toll roads, bridges, and tunnels in the North Texas area. Functioning as a political subdivision of the State of Texas under Chapter 366 of the Transpor ...
as well as any other state tags that Texas becomes interoperable with.


Roadway system


Roads built by the MCTP


Roads operated by the MCTRA

:''This list does not include the Grand Parkway (SH 99 Toll) within Montgomery County. That toll road, along with Aggie Expressway portion of SH 249 is maintained by TxDOT.''


See also

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Montgomery County creates toll road authority


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