Kinda the opposite thing is happening right now in Germany. When introduced in 1968, the value added tax was 10%. Now it's 19%. Similarly, it was free for truck

Kinda the opposite thing is happening right now in Germany. When introduced in 1968, the value added tax was 10%. Now it's 19%. Similarly, it was free for trucks to use the German highways. Now they have to pay fees. Only recently they expanded that to the federal roads as well (Bundesstraßen). As for the land, generally the federal government sells most of it to developers instead of developing it themselves (or letting developers develop and then charge rent on the land).