Texas Senate committee considers bills to curb private tolling
Senate approves freeze on private toll-road deals
Trans-Texas Corridor PING!
The Chinese at Lazaro Cardenas will be weeping into their soy sauce.
ping a ping.
And the special interest groups are:
1. Unions - We can do it for twice the money and twice the time
2. Subsidized farm land owners - Don't mess with my (inherited) gold mine
3. Immigration-phobia - Like, it can't be any easier to get in already
4. Bash Republicans - It's not the hair stupid
Notice how some toll road projects have been exempted. I'll be alright but the biggest losers are the people from San Antonio to Dallas along the I35 corridor. I appreciate and frequent the toll roads around Houston and support user pay. This opens the door for the state to add 1% to the sales tax for roads just like Houston Metro did. Another bureaucratic boondoggle, I might add.