[deport]

If any of the TTC does get shot down (and there are too many billions to be spread around to think that it will), it will be because of Ric and Rick and their heavy handed technique.

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I suspect they wish now that they would have never put out the grand plans of all the potential corridors with all the exotic transportation schemes included. If they would have taken this as a road construction project for that particular route and left out the grand plan of things I believe it would have been more readily acceptable to the people. In the final analysis some roadways will have to be built it’s just a matter of how, where and when.

[PAR35]

I suspect they wish now

Well, I suspect that one way or the other, Ric doesn't really care anymore.

But it shows the arrogance of the Country Club set - the big plans were to promote it to the big money types in Houston and NYC. They didn't really care (and still don't) what the 'little people' think.

[TXnMA]

Deport: "I suspect they wish now that they would have never put out the grand plans of all the potential corridors with all the exotic transportation schemes included."

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Right on the mark! Perry et al frightened a whole lot of folks with that idiocy...

I attended (and testified for the record at) two of the TTC/I-69 DEIS hearings this week. The professional road-builders at TXDOT have personally admitted to me that the multi-function monstrosity depicted in all their flashy graphics:

1. Was handed to TXDOT by Perry and Williamson as a fait accompli and TXDOT was told to "Go sell and build this".

2. Was a political scheme -- not a transportation design.

3. Was primarily a grab for land, power, and money.

4. Is a "One size fits none 'wet dream'" that has no applicability to rural Texas

5. "Will probably never be built as depicted -- anywhere in Texas."

And that is directly from the mouths of top TXDOT professionals who actually build and design roads...

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Of the thousand or so East Texans who attended the two"hearings", (Atlanta and Jefferson) all but two testified vehemently against construction of TTC/69. The only two "faint positives" basically echoed Deport:

Deport: " In the final analysis some roadways will have to be built it’s just a matter of how, where and when."

I agree fully. In fact, I presented a "Cargo-only Corridor" design that addresses most issues with TTC/I-69 . TXDOT has asked me to submit it formally -- and I am also working on a way to publish it here.

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BTW and FWIW, there were several petitions to impeach (and/or indict) Rick Perry formally read into the record as testimony -- and copies to be signed were plentiful...