PING!
More NAFTA open borders super highway being rammed down the peoples throats.
they never give up on a bad idea.
If they would only put the same efforts in backing all the good ideas floating around, something useful would come out of it.
Does Michael Medved still claim this doesn’t really exist?
Apparently, someone in Austin straightened her out.
Will La Entrada Kill Marfa?
I hate to pose the question in such a blunt way, but this is the sentiment at the heart of the controversial La Entrada Al Pacifico project. Obviously, if you live in the Big Bend area you’ve known for a long time about this proposed trade corridor linking Texas with the Pacific Ocean. However, I suspect that many “friends of Marfa” are still unaware of this important issue. Our readership at Marfa.Org is going through the roof right now as people “tune up” for the upcoming OH Weekend. So I’ll take this opportunity to spread some knowledge and point to some helpful resources where we can get involved and fight this thing.
Actually, at this point, there’s probably no way to stop La Entrada alltogether - the goal now is to control where this major highway is routed. As it stands the route is planned to cut through Marfa and Alpine and bring with it potentially 2500 semi-trucks per day. Obviously the traffic, noise and pollution would drastically change this peaceful and serene part of the world. But, being an architect, I can’t help but think of all the negative side effects to the built environment like chain motels, fast food joints, mega truck-stops.
Organizations like StopThe Trucks.org and the Big Bend Regional Sierra Club are mobilizing to have our voices heard by the decision makers. Ideas at work include creating a relief route that will bypass Marfa, and the possibility of switching the planned corridor from auto to rail.