I don't support eminent domain in this case. It's like that Marina project in Freeport, TX, that's been given the OK by the supreme court. Sure, you could say it's a public facility, but it's still being developed by private interests, which could, in time, restrict the public access, so fuhgedaboudit!
GOVERNOR PERRY SIGNS TRANSPORTATION BILL (HB2702)
Governor Perry signed this legislative session's large transportation bill (House Bill 2702) into law Tuesday.
While the Governor touts the bill as adding protections, CorridorWatch.org is more guarded in heaping such praise on the new legislation. David Stall, co-founder of CorridorWatch.org says a complete analysis detailing the good, the bad, and the ugly impact of HB2702 will soon be released by his organization.
Speaking of an Associated Press article appearing across Texas today Stall says, "The AP has got it wrong when they report that the new legislation will maintain state oversight of toll rates. By law the state never had toll oversight on the Trans Texas Corridor and this new law only provides that the state will review the formula used to set tolls over which they will still have no control."
The CorridorWatch.org analysis of HB2702 is expected to be released before the end of June.
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