As Texas legislators prepare to cut $4 billion from education, they also plan to spend $4.4 billion on a 28 mile expansion of Interstate 35E between Dallas and Denton. The expansion would more than double the number of existing lanes to a total of 14 lanes (eight regular, four tolled HOV, four to six frontage), paid for through controversial public-private partnerships. Denton county voters are on the hook for $55 million from road bond funds, while local toll revenues add another $535 million. The project is poised to be the state’s most expensive road project in history, surpassing the $3.6 billion Central Texas Turnpike.

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