Posted on 09/19/2007 4:48:30 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The Blackland Coalition is the largest of the grassroots coalitions fighting against the Trans-Texas 35 & 69 Corridors. It has been our priviledge to become acquainted with the Blackland Coalition leaders and members in the TTC “trenches” that we share. Some of them and members of CorridorWatch. org & IndyTexans will be joining together with citizens of our counties in attending the schedule of TTC-69 DEIS Hearings which will likely be in February 2008. Word of the February timeframe comes to us from the TTC-69 office of Jack Heiss (Texas Turnpike Authority TTC-69). As soon as an official hearings schedule is available, we will alert the local print/online media and the citizens of Grimes County.
I am attending a Blackland Coalition meeting on Saturday, Sept 22 at 7 pm near Temple and will report back about the issues we share in Waller, Austin, Grimes, & Wharton Counties. I am also attending the OK-SAFE conference in Tulsa, OK at the last of the month which will address the TTC Corridors in a national context. The “Truth Be Tolled” documentary has been revised by filmmaker BILL MOLINA with a special Trans-Texas Corridor version. Copies are now available on the website. There is much that each of us can do as citizens to understand the issues, impact the process, and shape our lives in the counties we call home.
Mark Holmes
Austin, Tex. – Segments of two Interstate highways in Texas are part of only six routes to be selected for a new federal program to develop multi-state transportation corridors. Interstate 69 from Texas to Michigan and Interstate 10 from California to Florida were selected by the U.S. Department of Transportation as part of its "Corridors of the Future" program, which the USDOT says is aimed at developing innovative national and regional approaches to reduce congestion and improve efficiency of freight delivery.
It is also recognition that traditional federal funding sources cannot cover the cost of delivering this important new Interstate. Estimated cost of the multi-state project is $17 billion. The Texas segment accounts for $6 billion of that estimate. The Texas segment of I-69 is being developed as part of the Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC-69), a multi-use transportation system that includes roads, rail and utilities, extending from Northeast Texas to Mexico. The USDOT is offering $800,000, divided between Texas and seven other states, to be used for an I-69 innovative financing study.
Texas is also eligible to split $8.6 million with seven other states to reduce congestion on I-10 from California to Florida. Final agreements are expected to be signed by next spring between the states and the Federal Highway Administration.
Trans-Texas Corridor PING!
Judge James P. Dixon is no longer the Grimes county judge, I wonder where he would be on this issue?
When and where is this meeting near Temple. I no longer subscribe to the Temple Daily Takeawipe...
>Estimated cost of the multi-state project is $17 billion.<
What was the estimated cost of an actual fence along the border, anybody know?
I’m assuming you can find the meeting info on the Blackland Coalition’s web site.
BTTT
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