The eastern edge of the eastern-most proposed route of the Trans-Texas Transportation Corridor (TTC-35) could brush the Cameron City Limits on the west.
The eastern edge of the eastern-most proposed route of the Trans-Texas Transportation Corridor (TTC-35) could brush the Cameron City Limits on the west.
Temple citizens asked for opinons on superhighway
March 1, 2005
A public meeting was held Tuesday night in Temple for the proposed Trans-Texas Corridor.
Citizens were asked to give their input on where they think the superhighway should be built.
The proposed 182-billion-dollar system of roads is expected to alleviate congestion on I-35. The biggest concern for residents is just where it will be built.
Some models have the highway running near temple..while other plans have it five-to-ten miles away from the city.
Gabby Garcia with TxDOT says, "Tonight's all about public input, it's all about getting their comments, learning and listening from what they have to say, what their issue are, what their concerns are, taking all that back into the analysis, environmental analysis and determining that later on, probably sometime next fall where this actually could go."
TxDOT will hold many more public meetings to guage the public's interest on the future of Texas roads and where they should be built.
Three Lessons in Highway Privatization
Written By: Robert W. Poole, Jr.
Published In: Budget & Tax News
Publication Date: March 1, 2005
Publisher: The Heartland Institute
1. At the very time state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) are desperately short of funds for highway investment, global capital markets are awash with capital for economically sound highway projects. Wise governments will take advantage of this.
2. Long terms (50- to 99-year leases) make it feasible for the private sector to pay significantly more for a highway project, because of the potential of large long-term gains. This applies not only to existing assets such as the $1.8 billion Chicago Skyway deal, but also to new projects.
In December 2004, the Texas DOT selected the winning bidder to develop the first Trans-Texas Corridor. CINTRA--an international group of engineering, construction, and financial firms--has committed $7.2 billion for this project, of which $6 billion will be used to construct the 316-mile, four-lane toll road. The other $1.2 billion is a franchise fee, to be paid to the Texas DOT over the decade or more of construction, in exchange for the right to charge tolls for 50 years.
3. Although the idea of investor-owned highways strikes people as odd, because it's unfamiliar, it is no more radical than investor-owned electric utilities or investor-owned telecommunication firms. All are vital elements of infrastructure that we use every day. The long U.S. history of success with investor-owned utilities (contrasted with state-owned utilities in most other countries for most of the twentieth century) should give us confidence that the market can handle highways, too.
Robert Poole (bobp@reason.org) is director of transportation studies and founder of Reason Foundation.
Trans-Texas Corridor PING!
CorridorWatch.org estimates that TTC-35 could require 5,800 acres of Milam County land to build.
This is a pro Trans-Texas Corridor ping list.
Please let me know by Freepmail if you want on or off the list.
A map of possible alternatives for TTC-35.
Free Republic search on keyword "TTC"
Interview (Audio) NPR | February 8, 2005 A Superhighway for Texas?
Here's the website with more info and explanation:
http://www.keeptexasmoving.org/
Here's a list of meetings where you can ask questions(and I encourage everyone who can to attend and ask questions)
http://www.keeptexasmoving.org/pdfs/TTC-35_Public_Meetings.pdf
Here's a link to the map of the TTC-35 corridor alternatives, which are approximately 10 miles wide study areas (the actual selected single corridor will be at most 1/4 mile wide):
http://www.keeptexasmoving.org/pdfs/TTC- 35_Alternatives_Map.pdf
1990-2000 Population Growth of Border Metro Areas
Texas Sets the Pace in Highway Finance
Ray Perryman's Economic Benefit Analysis Of TTC
Port of Houston teams up with Panama to draw a piece of Asia's massive trade away from West Coast
http://www.firericwilliamson.com
Have some stink-finger Ric!
