[6] A study by the free-market Reason Foundation in 2009 that focused on 11 metro areas, showed that North Texas would have a huge economic boost by alleviating traffic congestion, calculating the extra productivity from better movement of people and goods around the region.

Wise infrastructure investments that eliminate gridlock and produce free-flowing road conditions will more than pay for themselves by boosting the region’s economy, and thus tax revenues to maintain the mobility.

As one of the region's most important corridors, this stretch of highway has not kept up with the growth and North Texas' nearly seven million residents.

[11] On January 29, 2009, the Texas Transportation Commission voted 5–0 to hire Cintra's NTE Mobility Partners to rebuild phase 1 of North Tarrant Express corridors.

[12] On June 23, 2009, TxDOT awarded a comprehensive development agreement (CDA) for the North Tarrant Express project to NTE Mobility Partners.

[18] Despite widely predicted storm conditions, NTE did not add additional workers as the weather deteriorated.

[18] NTE crews applied saltwater to the roadway 48 hours before the ice storm but never provided any additional treatments.

[18] NTE Mobility Partners LLC is a company with three shareholders, including Cintra, a world leader in private-sector development of transportation infrastructure; Meridiam, a global public-private partnership investor/developer of public facilities; and the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System, the first U.S. pension fund in the country to invest in the building and maintenance of a major toll road project like NTE.