My understanding is: Texans aren’t doing the TTC, it is being done to them.
They speak up and it doesn’t matter.
Toll roads for Cintra to make money on US citizens’ backs.
Yes. I had thought of saying a bit more. For instance, who is behind this highway? What is the political background? Who are the players involved?
Strong rumblings that Texas Governor Rick Perry is somehow tied to Zachary Construction which appears to be a consortium of Texas people who have invested in this. Perry has said that he will not support closing the border between Mexico and Texas.
“My understanding is: Texans aren’t doing the TTC, it is being done to them. They speak up and it doesn’t matter.”
Not so. TTC is just one of several moves towards toll roads in Texas, as TxDOT made a decision to rely on toll roads heavily for new construction. People dont like it. The pushback against toll roads is real, is genuine and it is having an impact. Roads that were planned to be converted to tolls were rolled back and TxDOT was put on notice by the lege wrt TTC.
IMHO, I think the TTC will eventually collapse or get drastically changed/curtailed.
Already the grand scheme TTC has been put on ice and they are now just focusing on I-35 corridor.
The legislature is demanding more oversight, they passed a moratorium on construction in May ...
“The juggernaut behind construction of the Trans Texas Corridor (TTC) suffered a major blow on May 2, as the Texas House joined the Senate in overwhelmingly voting to impose a moratorium on construction. God Bless Texas!”
http://www.citizenreviewonline.org/May2007/11/trans_texas_corridor.html
Texans dont want the TTC and their voices *DO* matter.