[hedgetrimmer]

Here is a reference from July 8, 1998

Expansion Expansion of Southwest Passage Corridor Designation for Federal Funding under TEA 21

Section 1118 of TEA 21 makes federal funds available for planning and construction in transportation corridors of national significance. Representatives of the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas and the Councils of Governments within those states have been conferring for over a year to develop an integrated and comprehensive trade/transportation strategy for the East-West trade corridor, named the Southwest Passage. The objective of the Southwest Passage is to connect the East-West trade routes along the U.S./Mexico border with a seamless freight transportation system extending from Los Angeles to Houston, Texas. To date the only portion of the corridor that has been identified for funding in TEA 21 is that section extending from Los Angeles along I-10 and San Diego along I-8 to the Arizona border. However, there are provisions in the TEA 21 legislation for designating additional corridors. On June 23, 1998, the Transportation Review Committee recommended that the Management Committee support the expansion of the Southwest Passage corridor to include the portion running through Arizona to Houston, Texas for funding as a high priority corridor in TEA 21.

For more information, contact Harry P. Wolfe, Program Manager, 254-6300.

[calcowgirl]

Thanks for the references. It will take me a day (or more) to read through some stuff and absorb it all.
I don't have much time to do that today.