RTC likely to push lawmakers to restore TxDOT's authority to do private toll deals

Lindendberger:
When lawmakers return to Austin in January, they can count on a fight over whether to give TxDOT authority to partner with private toll firms to build roads and paid HOV lanes. The authority, which became controversial, has expired in the wake of a decision by the Legislature during the 2009 session to purposely not renew it.
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