Original sentence: Operation and maintenance costs are paid for by the state and thus paid indirectly by the taxpayer.Others oppose them, arguing that new toll roads will just facilitate and perpetuate the sprawl that is eating up open space and causing pollution and global warming.Some California lawmakers and toll road advocates favor using similar local agencies to build and maintain future tollways, especially after the controversy of authorizing a private company to run the 91 Express Lanes.The toll roads maintained by TCA are financed with tax-exempt bonds on a stand-alone basis -- taxpayers are not responsible for repaying any debt if toll revenues fall short
Edited sentence: Many California lawmakers and toll road advocates favor using similar local agencies to build and maintain future tollways, especially after the controversy of authorizing a private company to run the 91 Express Lanes.Many oppose them, arguing that new toll roads will just facilitate and perpetuate the sprawl that is eating up open space and causing pollution and global warming.Operation and maintenance costs are paid for by the state.The toll roads maintained by TCA are financed with tax-exempt bonds on a stand-alone basis -- taxpayers are not responsible for repaying any debt if toll revenues fall short (though of course "taxpayers" will be paying tolls, which are more regressive than other forms of taxation)