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Wins against the Trans Texas Corridor.(Inside Track)
It seemed to be a minor victory in the fight to stop the Trans Texas Corridor, the Texas segment of the NAFTA superhighway, after Texas lawmakers who had duked it out against the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and Governor Rick Perry over the Trans Texas Corridor agreed to a compromise bill.
Originally, lawmakers delivered H.B. 1892 to Perry, which if not successfully vetoed would have stopped the corridor in its tracks, so Perry threatened lawmakers with a special session if the road dispute wasn't resolved. They compromised with S.B. 792.
Under the new bill, ground was lost, allowing road-construction exemptions for several projects, but the bill wasn't a washout. The two-year moratorium against new state agreements with private corporations to build tollways survived. And TxDOT's aggressive policies were dealt a blow as authority was returned to affected localities and construction slowed, particularly on TTC-69.
But Perry indicated he wasn't about to play dead in the future: "I am proud to sign this legislation.... Every planned road construction project will move forward as scheduled, local leaders will have more authority ... and all toll revenue will be used for projects in the area it was raised." Yet ...
- Governor touts plans on safety upgrades, Trans Texas Corridor's first stage.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News December 16, 2004 700+ words
...lines across the state, known as the Trans Texas Corridor. "Some thought the Trans Texas Corridor was a pie-in-the-sky idea that...April. The safety improvements and the Trans Texas Corridor project are being financed with part...
- TxDOT schedules Trans-Texas Corridor meetings.
- Newspaper article from: Eagle (Bryan, TX) July 6, 2006 700+ words
Jul. 6--The Texas Department of Transportation will host 54 public hearings on the Trans-Texas Corridor beginning Monday. The Trans-Texas Corridor is a proposed multi-use network of transportation routes that will incorporate existing...
- Trans Texas Corridor road race: Texans have persuaded their lawmakers to pass...
- Magazine article from: The New American Taylor, Kelly August 20, 2007 700+ words
...reports about the Texas Department of Transportation's response to a mandated construction moratorium on the Trans Texas Corridor (TTC) are alarming and confusing. But this is sure: the Texas Department of Transportation isn't going down...
- Waco economist touts financial impact of Trans-Texas Corridor.
- Newspaper article from: Waco Tribune-Herald (Waco, TX) November 4, 2006 700+ words
...oppose it, but the proposed Trans-Texas Corridor would have a $1.4 trillion...needs." The answer is the Trans-Texas Corridor, Perryman said in his report...Potential Impact of the Trans-Texas Corridor on Business Activity in...
- Put the brakes on toll roads, critics say: Legislature: Hundreds challenge...
- Newspaper article from: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX) March 2, 2007 700+ words
...speakers railed against the Trans-Texas Corridor and other privately operated...to Austin to protest the Trans-Texas Corridor and the state's other...2005 paved the way for the Trans-Texas Corridor, Gov. Rick Perry's...
- Trans-Texas Corridor route to Mexico sparks fight in South Texas.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News November 29, 2004 700+ words
...preparing to feud over a Trans-Texas Corridor route that will carry billions...from them as part of the Trans-Texas Corridor, Gov. Rick Perry's 50...their proposals for the new Trans-Texas Corridor route known as TTC-35...
- Busloads to protest Trans-Texas Corridor.
- Newspaper article from: Victoria Advocate (Victoria, TX) April 30, 2005 700+ words
...protesting the proposed Trans-Texas Corridor transportation plan during...itself Citizens Against Trans-Texas Corridor and has been working in...challenging the wisdom of the Trans-Texas Corridor." One of the main points...
- Trans-Texas Corridor plans revealed.
- Newspaper article from: Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX) September 28, 2006 700+ words
...sections of the 370-mile Trans-Texas Corridor toll road could open as soon...The basic idea behind the Trans Texas Corridor is that motorists need a...offers for any of the seven Trans-Texas Corridor segments. The five-member...