This is happening in Texas also. The toll road that is presently envisioned (Trans-Texas Corridor) takes privately owned land and turns it over to foreign companies for profit, would allow easier importation of cheap Chinese goods from Mexico, and the owners od the corridors would be able to set their own "rules"{specifically, the rate per mile, speed limits}.
IMO, any governemt that would consider selling public infrastucture to a foreign entity needs to be tarred and feathered (or worse).
Ooo. Apples and oranges between NV and TX. In NV, it is all being done with private money to purchase private land. It just needs some coordination with the State government for other reasons, such as emergency services.
And I truly doubt that they ever intended it to be like the Autobahn. More taking advantage of the fact that large diesel trucks have cruising speeds that differ from typical highway speeds. 55 and 75mph are sort of “between gears” for most trucks, so takes more shifting and burns fuel less efficiently. If allowed to go at their own speeds, truckers will drive at their best efficiency and save money.
The TX thing is a debacle. It was always a fantasy to a great extent based on the idea that the Plan Puebla Panama would work. But the PPP, being reliant on Mexico, is already showing signs of serious problems, which is a real Homer Simpson moment.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_Puebla_Panama
Ironically, the one part of the PPP which had some success was the displacing of hundreds of thousands from southern Mexico, told to go North to America. Which is why the great upsurge in illegal aliens in the last decade.