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The Source: How Were Predictions So Wrong On SH-130 Tollroad?

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State Highway 130 is a failure, but how could it be such a spectacular failure?

The toll road that was supposed to connect San Antonio and Austin sounded good, but what was really behind the collapse of the highway plan?

Could it be that the people behind the toll road knew from the beginning it would flop?
 And who is left holding the bag?
 

Guest:

Katherine Blunt is a business writer at the Houston Chronicle and is the former transportation writer for the San Antonio Express-News.
 

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