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In the last decade, there has been a highway construction boom in Texas. On the other hand, lawmakers in Olympia still scramble to fund road maintenance.
Texas, a state with a population of 27 million, is flush with cash thanks partly to a 10-year voter approved initiative, which will pump $2 billion a year into highways.
Then recently, that state’s legislature added $9 billion to further help relieve traffic congestion.
“What’s Texas doing that we aren’t?” The answer is private-public partnerships.
Since 2011, the state’s transportation department (TxDOT) has been allowed to enter into agreem...
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