Privatizing I-69 may be uphill road
Source: By Theodore Kim, Indianapolis Star (IN), June 19, 2006
Tom Tokarski never thought Gov. Mitch Daniels' plan to lease out the Indiana Toll Road to a private, foreign consortium was a good idea. But, in that case, the Toll Road was already built. Tokarski views the controversial proposal to extend I-69 from Indianapolis to Evansville differently -- and as a much easier target for foes. Construction of the $2 billion highway link hasn't begun. And to privatize it, as is the plan, the governor must navigate a minefield of well-established opposition that has accumulated over decades.