Good, bad or indifferent, the road systems have to be continually upgraded to carry the increased traffic load. And part of this system upgrade is designed to carry the load expected from NAFTA, assuming it materializes over the years. If you look a the TTC web site you'll see there are four major entry points from South America coming through Texas.... That is what this proposed system is about here in Texas.
I'm not sure what the final outcome will be. You'll read a lot of discussion back and forth but in reality it's mostly in the talking stages for much of it at this time. The existing Interstate system will remain in place so those that don't want to use the TTC system will still have that system to use. However parts of the Interstate system here in Texas is very congested and needs relief via some method.
Whether people will pay tolls to travel the roadway is yet to be determined. But the fact that tolls are to be charged doesn't force those that don't want use the roadway to do so.
Cintra just recently proposed to invest some $7.2 million in the I-35 phase of this system..
