The parent company of Cintra, the toll contractor who will run the I-77 HOT lane project, has made some news in Spain:

Spanish builder Ferrovial paid a Catalan political party commissions worth 4 percent of public work contracts it won under its government, Spanish media reports said on Wednesday, citing documents from Spain’s tax office Hacienda.

The documents are part of a continuing court investigation into alleged corruption in Convergencia Democratica de Catalunya (CDC), a centre-left Catalan political party.

Spain’s tax office alleges that CDC received 5.9 million euros ($7.71 million) from Ferrovial FER1.MC in the form of donations to a Barcelona concert hall, Palau de la Musica, which were then funnelled to party members, newspaper El Pais said.

In return, Ferrovial is alleged to have won big contracts like the construction of a Barcelona subway line and its City of Justice industrial park.[…]