Yet...
That is the operative word. Here in Texas, we have a governor who tried 2 years ago to convert 3 freeways into toll roads.
He's also on a wild building spree of signing contracts with foreign entities to build toll roads that the state clearly doesn't need, but will saddle the state with non-compete contract clauses (which, by the way, are kept secret from the public) that prohibit upgrading of existing freeways, lest they compete with the new foreign-built toll roads. We don't even need this road system here, all we need are some extra lanes in key areas.
It's almost like Romania's Communist leader Nicolae CeauÅŸescu's monument to himself (note, he as dispatched by his constituents prior to completing it).
http://home.xnet.com/~jkelley/BucharestBugle.fldr/BuchBugle19-20.html
In the end, Texas is well on its way to having its main highways foreign-owned, and its existing freeways crumbling on the vine. The bottom line is that this is the Republican version of tax and spend. In our case, we (Republicans) are more clever than the Dems in that we tax by proxy, allowing a Spanish company to come in here and take over our roads - and then charge us through the teeth.
That's the gift we got when the Republicans took over power here. It almost makes yearn for the Richards days.
Ok Perry staffers, have at me!
"So Illinois lawmakers are examining privatizing the Illinois Tollway"
Which of course was only supposed to be a toll road until toll revenues paid for the inital construction. The tolls continued long after the road was paid off.