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Trans-Texas Corridor PING!

[Tenyaka]

We need the road, but not at this price. This thing stinks from so many angles it's pitiful.

[Paleo Conservative]

And just where would the existing highways be expanded? I-35 only has enough right of way to be expanded to three lanes each way. It's cheaper to build a on a whole new right of way than to acquire addtional right of way adjacent to the existing I-35 right of way.

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[chatham]

It should be named the George Bush Memorial Mexican Invasion Highway.

[xarmydog]

The NY State Thruway was built on the promise that when the road was paid for,it would become toll free.That was many years ago,and the state realizing the cash cow it had,did what lying politicians do.They went back on their word,and now use the revenue for state expenditures,under the premise of the high cost of maintenance.Of course the Unions didn't have a say/sc I do not believe that any toll costs will ever be dropped.Many other similar situations occurred in other states.Politicians can never have to much money to spend>Especially if is not theirs!

[the final gentleman]

Toll road are fundamentally unconstitutional.

In order to participate in the mechanics of a society movement must not be restricted by the ability to pay money. Government has but few legitimate functions. The right of free movement throughout the Republic must be guaranteed to all and not impeded by political greed.

[DB]

Well if I were a private company being asked (or proposing) a toll road somewhere, I would demand that the local government that controls public roads not go build a public road next to my toll road. I'm not going to go spend billions just to have it made obsolete next year and lose my investment. I would have to have guarantees that it would remain viable for the foreseeable future or I wouldn't build it.

[claptrap]

Multi Nationals are snapping up toll roads as soon as
cities can sell them.
The Trans-Texas corridor sounds too good to be true
the positors are just so positive about it.
Nothing could ever go wrong it will increase trade.
Like we have to have more crappy electronic and crappy auto parts made in Mexico.
NAFTA works so well that mexicans are fleeing mexico in greater numbers.NAFTA has improved central America so much
they are turning communist.
The sales job is superb its just all the other trade agreements these same folks have hammered out
have only benefited a few wealthy Trans Nationals
GM and Ford cant even make a buck on NAFTA and all their
shoddy poorly engineered junk is made in mexico.
You can dress tarbaby up but you cant get the rabbit to kiss him.

[org.whodat]

The greatest thing in the world, a republican gave us a free interest highway system, now the republicans take them away, and they don't call it a tax increase. Every truck that goes down that road will make the consumer pay five times his fee. But then the great country of Spain needs the money.

[Ben Ficklin]

So the gal that wrote this happened to be lounging around, reading an news article from March of 05 and decided to comment on it in Nov of 06?

Yes Virginia, there is a non-compete clause, but, apparently, her concern is based on an 18 month old news article, rather than on the recently released documents.

[narby]

A certain amount of congestion is needed to create a market for toll roads."

Yeah. And the toll people hope you don't think about that detail.

Why would ANYONE pay money to drive on a road that's just as good as a free one? Answer: They won't. Which is a guarantee that the state will keep the free roads second rate.

As a born and bred Okie, I love it that Texans appear to be so foolish to build toll roads the way Oklahoma screwed up 60 years ago.

Even better that I live in Arizona now, that has a booming economy and high growth, much of it because we have an awesome free highway system.