How WILL they fund the I 35 E widening project?

That is the big question these days. Just how will they fund it? where will the money come from? Tolls and toll roads. Especially toll lanes on the reconstructed I35E. A public-private partnership: a private operator builds the highway/tollway, and then gets to keep the revenues from the tolls in exchange. At least that is the way it was sold. The state kicks in some money, the county (Denton county that is) puts in funding, and the private firm pays the rest, and gets to operate the toll lanes included in the reconstructed highway. So, you've got your eye on the ball under the cup right?

Public/Private Funding of a Road Project

Previously I talked about the widening of I-35E from I-635 to US-380. The Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) has schematics drawn of the proposed 12 lane highway project. They propose 4 managed/toll lanes and 8 unmanaged/free lanes. The toll lanes are supposed to provide the method to pay for the project in what is known as a public/private partnership.

Widening 35

A significant issue on the minds of North Texans is the congestion on 35E. All the way from Duncanville to north of Denton there are traffic jams and delays. In our particular neck of the woods we have a particularly nice spot, near Corinth Parkway, that tends to be jammed up most evenings, and often in the morning hours. Many would say that this is due to a lack of capacity on the two lanes northbound from Corinth Parkway. Others, me included, would say that it is the reduction from three lanes to two lanes that is major culprit. Either way it seems logical to want to increase the capacity on 35E in some fashion.