Trans Texas Corridor could be San Marcos' new neighbor

San Marcos Daily Record ^ | February 4, 2005 | ANITA MILLER

[ken21]

how many other corridors are there planned?

[Sarajevo]

Hmmm-There doesn't seem to be THAT much traffic on IH-35 at the choke points in San Antonio. I wonder what the "proposed" toll road would look like. Other than to steal private property, just what is the justification of this new abortion?

It would also drain communities along IH-35 through lessened traffic and relocation of businesses.

The ONLY concession I'll make to this multi-billion dollar boondogle is the fact that The San Antonio-Austin MetroMess plans will be shelved in favor of another area. It would also drain the ash-n-trash out of the area.

[deport]

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/hep10/nhs/hipricorridors/hpcorqk.html

[Ben Ficklin]

Scroll up to #16.

[BobL]

"Who pays you to shovel this sh!t around."

No one - but we do generally refrain from that terminology on this website (the DU more than makes up for it).

As far as I am concerned, it is underhanded. I have yet to see any details, any guidelines, anything at all, as to what Perry is giving away to Cintra. Perhaps you know something that others (including the media) doesn't know - and that gives you comfort that the deal is not so bad.

I don't have access to that information. All that I am told is that I must trust the Governor to look out for my interests.

I've been around way too long to trust ANY politician to look out for my interests, so I will get suspicious. I know that Ric Williamson has all but promised that that Cintra will get some type of franchise protection. That scares me, because that means that I-35 will be affected.

If the governor keeps behaving this way, any work on the entire freeway system of Texas is likely to be subject to veto power from private companies that are only here to make a killing.

Yes - that worries me a lot. But no, I have no dog in this fight. And, as I have said numerous times, and as is proven by my posts on any topic other than these toll roads, I do not attack governor Perry or any other Republican (other than on toll roads), in any way.

If the governor would kill this plan, I will shut up - and heck, maybe I'll even contribute to his re-election (particularly if the Dems manage to find a strong candidate).

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Paleo Conservative]

The Western Railroads were mostly government sponsored.

Yes, the government owned vast amounts of land in the west that was of zero economic value unless railroads were built. The government gave railroads land for rights of way and land to sell off to settlers. In return railroad built roads that allowed settlement of the continent all the way to the Pacific Ocean prior to the end of the 20th century.

The railroads themselves were built by private companies using iron and steel made in private factories made from raw materials from private mines. A few years ago I was reading Stephen Ambrose's book about the building of the transcontinental railroad. He pointed out that that the US transcontinental railroad was built in less time with a tenth of the Chinese labor that the Russians used to build the trans-Siberian railroad.

[Ben Ficklin]

I'm sorry, how much do you get paid to shovel this crap around?

[Paleo Conservative]

11:30 pm. on Saturday night. Try 5:00 pm. on Friday afternoon.

[ken21]

gracias.

they never build a freeway thru' mid-nevada.

is that because art bell's area 51 would be negatively impacted?

[deport]

is that because art bell's area 51 would be negatively impacted?

---

LOL.........

[Paleo Conservative]

how many other corridors are there planned?

[BobL]

"There were three bidders. Cintra is the apparent winner"

Sorry - my stupid computer needed rebooting again.

Ok 3 bids. No surprise. I'll wait until I see the details of whatever is signed before determining how bad the people of Texas just got screwed.

Right now I have no reason to believe that we're being protected.

[BobL]

"I'm sorry, how much do you get paid to shovel this crap around?"

That's better. NOTHING

But maybe if you guys would share some of the non-public information you have with me, you could calm me down, and be able to get back to this project.

Right now, I have no information other than the tiny bit that dribbles out of Austin - and you better believe that I'm suspicious.

[deport]

I think he was referring to National planned corridors... which was linked up above in #16

What route do you take out of Refugio when heading to the DFW area?..... Up towards Austin or towards Houston and I-45? You are kinda stuck in a middle ground it looks like.

[Sarajevo]

????It's 1:42 on a Sunday afternoon where I'm at.

[TXnMA]

What gets me is that these opponents say the TTC won't decrease congestion in cities but will decrease the number of cutomers of businesses along existing Interstates.

Consistent group aren't they?.....

---

Yes, as a fact, they are consistent -- and correct!

The TTC will be extremely limited access. That means that:

1. Virtually all access points will be sited for connection to urban areas -- thereby dumping the load of high-speed corridor traffic into the cities -- increasing urban traffic congestion.

2. That same limited access will divert traffic from rural interstates to the TTC -- and keep it confined on the TTC across rural Texas (where all corridor services will be confined to the TTC ROW). That means reduced off-corridor business and total devastation to communities that depend on out-of-state tourism.

If you can't get off the da*ned thing, you sure ain't gonna leave any money behind in rural Texas.

What is inconsistent about that?

[BobL]

Come on TXnMA, can't you please be a team player.

Don't you see that it's a done deal. That the governor is only doing this to make our lives better.

We can certainly trust him - after all he is a politician - and who could be more honest and trustworthy than a politician?

Now please, be a team player.

[Paleo Conservative]

What route do you take out of Refugio when heading to the DFW area?.....

I go through there when I to to and from Houston. It has lots of NAFTA truck traffic at all hours of the day. I don't go through Refugio when I'm going to DFW. I take I-37 to San Antonio, then I connect to I-35. During rush hour, I take loop 410, at night I'll go all the way to to the end of I-37. Once I turn onto I-35, the traffic is much heavier.

If you look at the proposed corridor coming north from the Rio Grande Valley, it interects I-37 north of Alice. It will be able to take traffic from the Rio Grande Valley all the way to DFW without having to go through San, Antonio, Austin, Temple, and Waco. It will reduce the need for more capacity in those cities.

[The South Texan]

As long as the Factory Outlets don't relocate to the corridor, then my wife can use it as much as she wants when going up that way. :)

Honestly, I like those store too.