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NAFTA Superhighway stalls in Texas.(Free Trade Agreement, 1992, United States-Canada-Mexico)(Brief article)
The Texas state House of Representatives has taken the first step in stopping construction of the controversial Trans Texas Corridor, a key element of the so-called NAFTA Superhighway. In a measure that passed the House on April 10, representatives voted to place a two-year moratorium on construction of toll roads in the state. According to the Brenham (Texas) Banner-Press, the bill "would put the brakes on the Trans-Texas Corridor, a superhighway that a private firm received a contract for earlier this year."
The measure was sponsored in the legislature by state representative Lois Kolkhorst. "This is us tapping the brakes, looking before we leap ... into contracts that last 50-plus years," Kolkhorst said of the measure.
The state of Texas had previously contracted construction of the highway to the Spanish firm Cintra-Zachry, which would build ...
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