TOLL ROADS * USA - Texas bills restrict, don’t eliminate, private toll roads
TX,USA -Land Line Magazine -April 8, 2009: -- The Texas Senate this week approved new guidelines for toll roads and extended the authority to start and lease the projects for another six years. OOIDA says privatization efforts would be more suitable for transit work... By a vote of 30-1, Senators advanced a bill to the House that would establish a process for building toll roads throughout the state. Local tolling authorities would have the first option to develop roadways. Also, all public avenues of financing would need to be exhausted before handing projects over to private groups...
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