Of particular note:
Some undecided factors regarding the TTC-35 project are addressed in the Seguin/Austin private partnership agreement, which provide that Texas will receive a graduating portion of the tolls collected by Cintra-Zachry during the 50 years before the new highway diverts exclusively to Texas. The terms in that agreement place the key risks of construction costs, overruns, delays, traffic, and revenue on Cintra-Zachry. The agreement also requires that the Texas Transportation Commission approve the methodology for setting tolls, as required by state law...
No wonder the kooks so far seem to be avoiding this thread,
What seems strange is talking about posters that aren't there. Confrontational are We?
BTW: I have relatives who will be directly effected by the southern section of SH130. Does that make me a KOOK?
And it could be 85 mph! Yeeeeeeeee-haaaaa! The only problem I see is that the maps I've seen of SH 130 seem to show at least one area with fairly tight curves, so I dunno if it'll ever get that fast. If they want to go that fast, they'll need some serious banking (engineering, not economics).
Agree that that this article gives more factual details than what others have been writing. Thus I've bookmarked it to my links page for future use.