Why don't the people that want access and ONLY the people that want access fund the construction of more crossing points? No reason why others should be taxed for their personal convenience.
Ah, well, I'm not sure how you'd control/patrol the pay-to-play concept. Fences? Gates/structures? Paid patrol and ticket taking/punching folk? Et Cetera.
As for all of us paying for things we don't use......where shall we begin? It is the nature of our American litigious beast to seek compensation for pain, suffering, loss.......and the legal profession. It makes no sense to waste time and effort pursuing that compensation from the least able to pay. The legal gravity is centered on the biggest pot of money with any association...direct or tangential...to the issue(s) at hand.
If public property is involved, so much the better. What bigger pot of dough could there possibly be than the taxation of the people? When that state, city, town, burg....whatever the size...is called upon to defend itself against the legal claims of others, it costs.
Ergo...."We" pay.....taxes.
Insurance against such miasmic mayhem?.......gotta budget for that escalating item, too!
Of course, there's always the vote. You can always tell the people we elect to manage the state, city, town, burg, etc., to do something else besides raise taxes to cover spiraling costs....of everything....they 'manage'...and just say 'No!' to increased millage/taxes. Yeah.......right.
But, oh dear!....that's nothing more than fodder for the next election....and the 'doom-and-gloom' specters painted by both sides. And, here we go.....again. Time for another election.
Rejoice! Be happy! We are blessed! We live in America! It's "The American Way"! 
KD
