How exactly does she plan to do that? During Perry's tenure the Port of Houston is about to open the new Bayport expansion, with cruise ships calling within a year and container ships soon after. His econ. development office worked with the port to bring huge Home Depot and Walmart distribution centers nearby in Baytown that were lured by the port expansion. Seems like we're doing just fine right now.
Weatherford Democrat Editorial
First of all, the cost, which has been estimated as high as a quarter of a trillion dollars
Estimates by opponents that they just pulled out of their rear based on the proposed 50-year possible buildout of 4,000 miles. But actually only 2 roads are being studied, TTC-35 and TTC-69, less than 1200 miles total. The rest are probably at least 20-years away from starting, and much may never be built if each project isn't economically viable. So either this editorial writer is ignorant and too lazy to pick up the phone and get actual facts, or just dishonest and trying to fool people into thinking this is very different than what is actually under consideration. With the media, its hard to tell which is the case, or perhaps both.
The Trans-Texas Corridor, at least in its current incarnation, is bad for Texas. It costs too much
Odd, since it is only costing taxpayers less than $50 million (less than $20 mil. IIRC) in studies and meetings. Compared to nearly $10 billion if taxpayers fund a comparable expansion of I-35. Democrat math, I guess.
Secondly, Texas should be able to find its own funding for infrastructure. If, between one of the most economically diverse states in the Union and the United States government, a transportation project can’t be funded, it should be shelved, if not discarded altogether.
Yeah, yeah, we're so rich a country that we ought to be able to provide everybody free health care. OMGosh, those evil capitalist companies might actually make a profit! Socialists unite! Angst in the name of Ignorance!
According to Corridor Watch, there is apparently talk about TTC-10. However, I haven't seen anything in the media to bak that up.