Originally Posted by
noglider
That's how it goes, pretty much by definition. Infrastructure is for society at large, so then who should pay for it other than society? The mechanism for that is government taxation.
Not always. It could be built as a toll-based system.
This bridge is totally user-financed with no other funding streams.
Øresund Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Currently it is 335 DKK / 400 SEK / 46 EUR /
58.2 USD per car to cross.
For a lorry/truck, it's 250 USD or so