Posted on 10/05/2006 2:53:32 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The Milam County portion of the “Hands Across the Corridor” Statewide Rallies was held Saturday, Sept. 30, on the Milam County Courthouse lawn. We had a great assembly of concerned Texans, Democrats, Republicans, Strayhorn Independents and even a couple of really “Kinky” folks.
Everyone in attendance agreed that our current Governor and many of our senators and representatives have forgotten the constituents that they are supposed to represent. They seem to be representing only ‘big money contributors and companies' whose interests are not what is best for Texas, but how much money the ‘projects' (toll roads and corridor) can make for their stockholders.
On this same morning, in over 40 counties, hundreds of Texans were gathered to express this same concern before our state becomes ‘one giant toll road interchange' for the growing idea of a North American Union. We are told that such a union will help Central and South American economies (you know, NAFTA and CAFTA) not really sure how this will help US. Has NAFTA helped us average Texas taxpayers? I do see many more Mexican trucks bringing in more cheap products to compete with Texas goods.
Independent Carole Strayhorn attended several of these rallies supporting Texans in our concern and opposition to the Trans Texas Corridor and the increasing plans to toll new (and many existing roads). A statement from Candidate Strayhorn was read by Agnes Vogus, secretary of Blackland Coalition. Don Schuerman, Milam Democratic county chairman, spoke about candidate Chris Bell's opposition to the TTC also.
I guess our present elected officials think a big, new toll road will help get these foreign products into and through Texas more quickly. We won't need the blackland farmland that the road will ruin, since we can ship all our food up from below the border. Who cares that they can, and do, fertilize using human wastes (e-coli) and that they will be using our Milam County water to grow much of our future food and produce. (That 90” water line planned for the corridor will easily transport lots of water away from Milam and down South.)
The only thing scarier than these toll road schemes is probably the apathy of many Texans, and the media, and the lack of interest in joining, supporting or covering such events and rallies as these before it is too late.
Margaret Green,
Buckholts
Road projects to trend toward private funding
Sorry about all that.
This is definitely more than just a few city blocks or a neighborhood.
Trans-Texas Corridor PING!
How much land would be needed to widen I35 to gain the same capacity. Not only in area, but also in cost.
Do you have any info on the scale (comparatively) between this and other modern 'Eminent Domain' projects?
Thanks. It seems lengthy. Will read later.
But, it still boils down to relativity. And this is why no one has proposed an alternative to TTC. While TTC will require an adequate amount of land, any alternative with the same capacity will require the same amount of land, if not more. And at a price that is higher.
So the TTC at full completion/build out would come in 3rd so years down the road?
Texas has 17 routes, totaling 3,233.45 miles of Interstate designated roadways...... So the TTC at its complete build out of 4,000 miles in some years in the future would have more road miles assuming the current Interstate system stays static.
The alternative to TTC 35 is to widen I35, an interstate highway
Same exact writing style of Nancy Pelosi. Hyperbole, lies, scaremongering, and drama queening.
Its a letter to the editor.
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