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This is just a development plan, not a contract or agreement.

Bingo..... there are no contracts for construct and operation signed at this stage. You can't have a signed contract when the feds and any others that have to sign off prior to construction have done so.

The non compete clause mentioned is going to be in the SH 130 segment 5 & 6 unless they are lying. If lying why make such a statement to the public on their web site?....

What part of the following do you not understand?

http://www.dot.state.tx.us/news/025-2006.htm
TxDOT is currently reviewing comments and input gathered at 54 public hearings this summer along the I-35 corridor. The comments will be addressed in a report to the FHWA, which is expected to determine next summer if studies for TTC-35 will continue to a second phase, or Tier Two level. It is anticipated that it could be four years before a final alignment for TTC-35 could be approved by FHWA.

Work on I-35 continues

“The state’s commitment to expand IH-35 remains intact,” said Behrens. “Everything that TxDOT is working on now and has scheduled over the next 25 years under the traditional gas-tax financed system will continue as planned.”

Widening of the interstate will be costly and alone will not meet future transportation needs. Forty-five percent of all Texans live within 50 miles of I-35 and by 2030, more than 15 million people will live within the corridor. “Congestion on I-35 threatens public safety, the state’s economic vitality and the quality of life for millions of people,” said Behrens.

TxDOT is working to widen a 94-mile segment of I-35 from Georgetown to Hillsboro to a minimum of 3-lanes in each direction. This project will cost $1 billion and will be done in phases using the traditional “pay-as-you go” funding system that depends on fuel taxes. Construction on the final segment is expected to begin in 2011. Although the existing center median will be filled to construct the new single lane in each direction, additional right-of-way will be required for the expansion project, primarily at bridges and interchanges.