All schematics are preliminary except as noted.
After talking for months about finding new money to build roads, Gov. Rick Perry and other state leaders have come up with a plan that would change the way road money flows into state coffers but might not generate a single dime for new construction. The proposal would eliminate the Texas Turnpike Authority board, which is overseeing construction of four major Central Texas toll roads. It would then allow the state to use profits from the toll roads to back bonds that would help build roads without tolls. It hasn't got everything I wanted. But, all in all, it's a very, very constructive piece of legislation that will help us move Texas substantially into the 21st century relative to our infrastructure.