[Dog Gone]

Why are you so fascinated with the politics of road construction in Texas? It's equivalent to me having an obsession with fishing regulations in Chesapeake Bay and setting up a ping list for that topic.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

What can I say. The Trans-Texas Corridor interests me, and it obviously interest other people on this forum, or I'd be getting no replies at all. I will remove you from the ping list.

[BobL]

"Why are you so fascinated with the politics of road construction in Texas?"

I'll take a stab at that also. To me it's simply freedom, fairness, and an appreciation of the Interstate Freeways that one gets after driving in 49 states. To be honest, I am probably the least affected with this freeway to toll roads conversion that's in process. I've already completed my traveling just about everywhere that I want to go. I don't even need to use a freeway (or a toll road) to get to work.

I think that everyone should pay fairly for their roads. The fact that it's easier to track people on limited access roads is no reason to SCREW them big time - by a 10:1 ratio, per mile. What I've always said is that the people who should get punished are the ones that DON'T take the limited access roads, because they're clogging up the surface streets. Those people should either get off of the surface streets or pay tolls each time they clog up a traffic light.

But what really galls me about this Cintra deal is the track record that Cintra has (as evidenced by the article) and the fact that no Governor can undo this damage - based on Canada's experience. At least if you kill someone and are sentenced to the death penalty, there, most likely, will be new governor to look over your case before you're fried. But with Cintra - Perry is giving away a Right-of-Way for the rest of my lifetime - non revocable. Just think, building an overpass 10 miles away from Cintra's toll road (for a parallel highway) will require Cintra's approval, and probably tax money going to Cintra (to make up for their perceived loss of revenue). That, my friend, is a SELL-OUT.