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I was proven right, BIG TIME, when 2000 people showed up to protest the conversion of SH 249 into a Toll Road (that happened earlier this year).

I wondered whatever became of that absurd proposal. Thanks. That was something the Harris County Commissioners or Metro folks ginned up rather than Perry wasn't it?

"I wondered whatever became of that absurd (SH 249)proposal. Thanks. That was something the Harris County Commissioners or Metro folks ginned up rather than Perry wasn't it?"

No, it was at the state level. Officially, they said that they needed the money from tolling the existing 249 freeway in order to finance a southern extension, which also was to have been a toll road. Otherwise they couldn't find the money.

I found that a bit disingenuous (no surprise with this governor), as, being at the state level, they certainly can move money around. Now maybe the extension would have dropped down on the priority list if it couldn't self-finance, but it certainly could have been built - after all, the money all comes from one pot.

No - this clearly was a field test of converting our freeways into toll roads. I have to very much thank the people in Tomball for showing up in mass to say enough is enough. If the governor could have gotten away with it, this time, then obviously more state highways would be headed towards toll booths, and then, of course, Interstates, where the really big money is.

I wish others could see this pattern.

And to you guys who think I'm nuts (and I know who you are - kind of), it certainly wasn't MY idea to convert SR 249 into a toll road. Think about that.