False, the state of Texas will own it, leasing out construction, operating, and maintanence rights.
In the crowd, Shirley Spellerberg of Corinth, a former state Republican committeewoman, sat waiting to speak. "I don't like anything about this," said Spellerberg, mayor of Corinth for 16 years and a lobbying force for the religious-conservative Texas Eagle Forum. "It's going to open the flow of truck traffic bringing illegal aliens, drugs, terrorists -- who knows what? It's a horrible idea," she said.
Corinth has long been a notorious speed trap between Dallas and Denton that depends heavily on ticket revenue, and has a bad reputation for questionable practices regarding such.
I drove thru Corinth a few times, I do not want to say it is a speed trap, but there are some namy radars set up on the road there your coffee starts to boil as you pass thru.