[Paleo Conservative]

I've never been an enviro-whacko, but the thought of a quarter mile of asphalt and concrete running through the countryside so somebody,

It isn't just highway. It has double tracked railroad, utilities, space for future high speed trains, four lanes of truck traffic, and six lanes of cars plus other rights of ways. I'd rather have a well thought out set of corridors than a hodgepodge of ill-connected expanded freeways. When was the last time you travelled down I-35 between San Antonio and DFW? Why should people from the valley or the Gulf Coast have to travel all the way to Austin in order to get to Dallas?

[umgud]

Supporters say the corridors are needed to handle the expected NAFTA-driven boom in the flow of goods to and from Mexico

I wouldn't bet the farm on Mexico trade.Asia, China and India is acing them out of the picture. Better build more ports.

[SouthTexas]

If you need bigger roads connecting Houston, SA, and D/FtW, feel free, build them. We don't have that congestion down here, nor do we need massive fixes.

I do go to the race in Ft.Worth once a year and I go straight up 77.