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INTANGIBLE FRANCHISE RIGHTS AND GOODWILL - Narrative (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Intangible Franchise Rights
Countries and States
Impairment of intangible assets		$ 0
Intangible Franchise Rights | U.S.
Countries and States
Impairment of intangible assets	$ 25,100,000	1,300,000
Additions through acquisitions	$ 215,100,000	127,400,000
Impairment, Intangible Asset, Indefinite-Lived (Excluding Goodwill), Statement of Income or Comprehensive Income [Extensible Enumeration]	Asset impairments
Intangible Franchise Rights | U.K.
Countries and States
Impairment of intangible assets	$ 0
Additions through acquisitions	$ 0	$ 0
Income Approach
Countries and States
Goodwill fair value approach	50
Market Approach
Countries and States
Goodwill fair value approach	50

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Amount of impairment loss resulting from write-down of assets, excluding financial assets and goodwill, lacking physical substance and having a projected indefinite period of benefit to fair value.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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-Section 45
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