NEW BRAUNFELS — Assuming that the Texas Department of Transportation in the future builds an outer loop around New Braunfels, Comal County Judge Danny Scheel said it is likely to be a toll road.

Scheel made that prediction Wednesday based on how the current Texas Legislature chooses to fund construction of new roadways in the state.

“Right now that’s all I have to work with. They provide the funds to TxDOT. The outer loop probably would be a toll road,” Scheel said after TxDOT officials unveiled a plan to conduct a yearlong study with public input for a 40-mile-long outer loop around New Braunfels that would include portions of Comal and Guadalupe counties. [more]