Texas proposes Texas-based funds to invest in roads
Source: Reuters, Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:53pm EDT
Texas-based funds could invest directly in transportation projects through a new corporation under a plan unveiled on Thursday by the state's legislative leaders and the governor.
Texas has the nation's biggest road privatization plan but the legislature, reacting to criticisms that developers were enriching themselves at the expense of taxpayers, enacted a two-year moratorium.
That has crimped planned road-building projects though investment banks and developers have expressed keen interest in them.