Toll rates proposed (today) by Cintra are 10 to 20 cents per mile. Anyone care to wager what they'll be a few years in the future as their monopolistic grip tightens on us drivers?
I can't resist:
Here's an exact quote out of the Cintra contract in Canada (which, I may repeat, took 3 years to be released to the public)
"If it is determined that any such Work initiated by a municipality or the Grantor will have a negative effect on Toll Revenues, the municipality or Grantor shall pay for any Losses caused by such work."
Page 18:
http://www.407etr.com/pdf/saleagr/Schedule_1.pdf
This is their franchise protection, and you better believe that Cintra will demand it and get it in Texas. It means that TXDOT will have to pay Cintra in order to do anything on I-35 that Cintra thinks may threaten toll revenue.
Note that doing something as innocent as repaving I-35 would probably trigger this clause.