Welcome to Joey Vento's Highway to Hell.
The Spanish firm Abertis Infraestructuras, based in Barcelona, offered $12.8 billion Monday to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike for 75 years, pending approval by the state legislature.
Wouldn't it be great if the signs started reading "Bienvenidos a l'Autopista de Peaje de Pensilvania!"
Pennsylvania could become the Costa del Sol of the Mid-Atlantic.
They could serve tapas at rest stops, manchego cheese and olives and sangria.
And Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz could do public-service announcements en Espanol por our estado de llavepiedra. (That's a literal translation of state of key-stone.)
You left out a few details, amiga! This is the company which tripled the tolls in the Puerto Rico roads and bridges over a ten-year period. Expect that here. I would not expect tapas at the rest stops. Dry hamburgers, greasy fries and stale pastries at double the price is more like it. Also, it's not "llavepiedra". It's "llave de arco" "Bienvenidos a la Autopista de Peaje", indeed!— DonQ
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