"But why should the profits from tolls go to some damn Europeans?"
...especially when they may be a huge amount of money. No one knows now, because the negotiations are SECRET and there is no OFFICIAL guiding policy that's been disclosed to the public.
The old and more corrupt North East is full of "Authorities". Which are quasi public agencies with unique abilities to take on massive public works, issue bonds, and make them pay their way via tolls. This is what ya'll are setting yourselves up for in Texas.
You know that disastrous Big Dig up in Boston with the leaking tunnels? It's all done for an "Authority" which will manage it and will collect tolls.