Posted on 09/16/2007 5:27:18 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I just got back from N.Carolina. (back home to TX) It’s obvious Tenn. and Arkansas know how to spend their HW $s. Money diverted from Texas HW funds has taken it’s toll. (pardon the pun) IMO, this was done to make people believe we need the new super HWs and toll roads when all we needed was an overall upgrade.
Bastards!
Bullseye! That's a favorite TXDOT scam/scare/aggravation tactic
I recently drove from DFW back to Hillsboro on I-35E. For miles, coming out of Dallas, there are (at least) two brand new (and, apparently usable) lanes running down the midle of 35, walled off with Jersey barriers and unused. The sense of being "hemmed in" and overcrowded is awful!
And, I did not see a single soul (much less a TXDOT employee) working on that entire unusable stretch of new roadway...
Like most liberals, Rick and Ricky, thrive on creating a feeling of discontent among the voters.
I don’t have a problem with transit in general. I do have a problem with using gas tax money to fund it. If transit can be privatized without putting it out of the reach of people who cannot afford cars, so much the better.
It’s six passenger vehicle lanes, not twelve (although the pics indicate room for more lanes as needed).
I think you’ve come to the right conclusion. Now, what do you do about it? What can you do about it? For every one of you there are literally tens of thousands of folks who think it sounds reasonable to double or triple pay for roads. You’ll find them right here on this forum.
It really pi—es me off!
Oh, so that’s it...we’re fixing congestion — I feel better already, it has nothing to do with ramming a North American Union down our throats. (What a bunch of liars.) They dress it up in new language, but it’s still a pig.
Not so much in Texas. There’s a big drive to de-fang the DOT. (and de-nut the Governor)
Most on this forum have ulterior motives....freetraitors...globalists...OBL and the like.
Well, good luck down there. We’ve got similar problems out here.
I10 has been chosen...I am shocked I tell ya, shocked. Oh crap...right through my neck of the woods...that’s just great.
Isn’t your gas tax being mainly squandered on OTR (Other Than Roads)?
Absolutely. Among other things it’s been used to build public transportation that mostly serves illegal aliens and people without cars.
Very little of it is being spent on roads. I will tell you that I drove over a toll road in Orange county some years back, and was amazed to see how nicely that was kept up.
The bumps had even been shaved. What a crock. We paid for our roads, and the state lets them rot to spend the money on liberal boondoggles.
>>Eight states, including Texas, will divide $800,000 to be used for an Interstate 69 innovative financing study, he said.<<
$100,000 per state - can the government do anything for that little money?
It’s six passenger vehicle lanes, not twelve
TSR- can you direct me to that info? I did the cut-n-paste directly off of the Texas Toll Party web site.
Thanx
According to http://www.hooverdambypass.org/, the approaches on both sides, from Nevada and Arizon, are four lane highways, two lanes each way.
There are plans for a Boulder City Bypass. It was planned and studied at the same time as the bridge. Bucks for bridge, no bucks to bypass the bottleneck of Boulder City, where I live, until the next transportation bill in 5 years.
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Check out the cross section on Page 3 for TTC-35. There are only six passenger vehicle lanes drawn. And most of the conceptual illustrations I've seen have six passenger vehicle lanes as well.
I doubt that they'll need twelve passenger vehicle lanes. There are not that many people willing to pay 15 cents a mile, as far as I know.
In December 2007 I read through a federal environmental draft impact statement for I-69 through Arkansas.
It lists the federal agencies involved for this “limited access” or toll road from Mexico to Canada.
It states that elected officials have already been briefed on the project.
I don’t quite get your reference to liberals. This issue isn’t about anything except money and control.
Super corridors will used to bring goods from India and China into Mexico, the US and Canada. That is the stated purpose in a federal draft environmental impact statement that I read for a portion of I-69 through Arkansas.
As for funding, US tax dollars will be funneled to private companies who will build and own the roads. Emminent domain will be used to take the land.
My concern is that, the more terms like liberal and conservative are used, the less people can see that we are in this together. It’s just about money. It will make the rich super rich. The big name political parties are both party to this.
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