Who was stupid enough to sign this agreement

Plan to Lower I-35 Speed Limit, Direct Traffic to Toll Road | WOAI.COM: San Antonio News

TxDOT would pay Cintra-Zachry for lost profits if some state projects interfere with toll traffic over 50 years.
You really have to wonder why in the heck Texas signed this contract. It sure isn’t for the betterment of Texas [...]

Creepy surveys in the mail

MySA.com: Metro | State
AUSTIN — Did you drive on Interstate 35 in early September? Where were you going, and why? How many people were in the car with you? And by the way, how many people live in your house?
The Texas Department of Transportation wants to know — and a company it hired may [...]

TxDOT: “the public needs to be kept in the dark”

MySA.com: Politics
Amadeo Saenz, TxDOT’s assistant executive director for engineering operations, said Carona could obtain the information only if he signed a confidentiality agreement.
Of chief concern to transportation officials, according to records of a Monday e-mail exchange between a Carona aide and TxDOT, is the need for the public to be kept in the dark [...]

Texas Bridges

Officials to examine Texas bridges | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News
Texas officials expressed confidence in the state’s bridge inspection program Thursday but promised a quick response to the federal government’s call to immediately inspect all bridges similar to the Minneapolis span that collapsed into the Mississippi River.
U.S. Transportation [...]

Now why do we have a state government?

I don’t know enough about this to know if it is a good or bad idea and I’m not necessarily against toll roads.
Transportation Commission rules in favor of local tolls - San Antonio Business Journal:

The expansion of U.S. 281 and Loop 1604 will continue as toll projects, the Texas Transportation Commission has concluded. The determination [...]