[Ben Ficklin]

"They are converting SH 121"

"They"?

In BobL's second link above you will see that "They" is the local transportation authority, not Governer Perry.

Additionally that second link accurately points out that there is much new constuction involved.

The whole point of creating the local/regional authorities was to put the decision making process in the hands of locals and not the state. It is consistent with the "Home Rule" part of the Texas Constitution. Plus, it prevents the metro areas from ganging up and forcing the cost of these local roads onto taxpayers statewide. You can see the same concept in the regional water boards.

One again, I am waiting for someone to document the mis-info that the guv is converting these roads.

[zeugma]

You're trying to split hairs. "They" are the tollway authority. This is yet another one of the thousands of state agencies that uses state power of imminent domain to take property for their own purposes. Also notice that this is SH171, the "SH" stands for "State Highway". I hardly think a local town can just decide to erect a tollbooth on a state highway that passes therough their town for the purposes of raising revenue.

They have to use speed traps for that instead.