Funding Still in Flux For New TZB: "“This is an extraordinary challenge which needs extraordinary solutions,” Ferguson says. “It is unrealistic to think we can get 100 percent federal funding for this project.” To demonstrate the challenges of funding, TZB project officials projected trying to bond the project using the unrealistic prospect of $15 bridge tolls. “We would have only been able to bond $2 billion — far less than than the $8.3 billion needed to just build the bridge,” he says.
Anderson briefed the legislature and local and regional officials on several project decisions:"