Only vehicles parking on National Forest lands are expected to pay a fee. Residents, businessmen, and customers going directly to private land and who will not be leaving the highway to access National Forest lands are not required to pay a fee. Projects will be identified from public comments and from needs developed by the Forest Service. The proposal to use fees to operate and maintain recreation facilities in the Catalina Mountains received mixed opposition and praise from local users and the media. Since fee collection was started, negative comments are less frequent than 1 per 800 contacts.
Most opposition is focused on increased taxes.