The TTC was proposed in a stealth way, with each state building its part of the highway. This way the they could avoid the approval of Congress which has control over federal highways.
What exactly does "stealth way" mean?
Let's figure this out logically. You mean Perry was somehow supposed to make a secret deal with some foreign company to built it (taking a kickback of course). Then secretly confiscate all the land needed from Laredo to the Oklahoma border. And then proceed with the building before anybody knew what was going on or could stop him.
And this was supposed to happen secretly in all the OTHER states too, from Texas to the Canadian border?
If this is what you mean then I'd like to recommend the book "The Death of Common Sense". And truly, I don't mean that in a nasty way.