Texas DOT Using Innovative Financing to Build During Lean Times: "A $2.5 billion expressway project in Forth Worth, Texas, will cost the state Department of Transportation just $573 million – less than one-fourth of the total cost. The reason: public/private partnerships"
According to a report from the National Conference of State Legislatures, 15 states are facing combined budget gaps midway through their 2011 fiscal year totaling $26.7 billion, and a December survey of states by the National Governors Association and the National Association of State Budget"