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  • Double-Wide Divide: Critics say Perry's turnpike plans will take a terrible toll on Texans

    01/23/2005 2:48:01 PM PST · by Tolerance Sucks Rocks · 40 replies · 1,215+ views
    HoustonPress.com ^ | January 13, 2005 | BY SCOTT NOWELL
    Ever wanted to own a toll road? How about one with 85 mile-per-hour speed limits alongside a congested interstate -- one where you had exclusive rights to sell food, gas and lodging? You can buy all that and more if you've got a few billion dollars and can convince the Texas Transportation Commission to let you build the Trans-Texas Corridor. In 2002, Governor Rick Perry campaigned on a promise of a privately financed and operated toll road system -- 4,000 miles to be built over the next 50 years. The cost is estimated at $180 billion. Few within the transportation...