[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

BobL was wondering in another thread whether there were any public meetings concerning the Trans-Texas Corridor. I hope this helps.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Trans-Texas Corridor PING!

[BobL]

Thanks again Tolerance.

Really what I was getting at was whether there was any public participation in the drawing up of the original TTC plan. My recollection was that several years ago, Governor Perry just suddenly dropped the plan in our laps, without soliciting any public input. I could be wrong about that, but I do watch TXDOT pretty closely, and I cannot remember them soliciting comments on the plan - in a town hall type environment. And believe me, if I had known about it, I would have been there.

These meetings, I believe, are more with the specifics of the alignment of the first leg of the corridor, not the corridor concept itself. That, apparently, is a done deal.

[Jedidah]

There are meetings all over Texas starting this week, but they are NOT being heavily publicized, and they aren't really public hearings. They're just going to tell us what they plan to do.

The Trans Texas Corridor is a huge boondoggle. I am appalled at the haste and hurry with which it has been shoved down our throats.

http://www.houstonpress.com/issues/2005-01-13/news.html

Is there a Free Republic group interested in this subject? Something needs to be done, but the average Texas simply doesn't know what is happening.

Allowing increasing numbers of unregulated NAFTA trucks and drivers from Mexico, who don't have to meet the same standards as US trucks, is enough of a safety concern. Taking hundreds of thousands of acres and ripping a scar across the state to accommodate them is absurd. This project will not benefit the state or its citizens at all.

This is simply backward thinking. In an era of concern about pollution and fuel consumption, it makes absolutely no sense to haul individual loads, each pulled by its own engine. We need to think creatively, ship much more cargo by rail, encourage development of less intrusive and more efficient mass transit, and stop covering our land with concrete and stop this project before it is too late.

Schedule of meetings: http://www.keeptexasmoving.com/get_involved/

[dirtboy]

Trans-Texas Cooridor

What's a Cooridor? A means to more rapidly ship Coors? If so, I'm vehemently against it.

[Paleo Conservative]

Interview (Audio) NPR | February 8, 2005 A Superhighway for Texas?

[Paleo Conservative]

Interview (Audio) NPR | February 8, 2005 A Superhighway for Texas?