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To: jospehm20

I would like to hear more about it.


104 posted on 09/13/2011 6:16:24 PM PDT by brytlea (Wake me when it's over...)
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To: brytlea

It is over now; the TTC is a dead issue. I was pleased when the TTC was announced and that it would be paid for by tolls on the use of it and not new taxes. I-35 simply is inadequate as the main North-South road in Central Texas that runs between 3 of the largest cities in the USA (Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio). I-35 is two lanes/side for a lot of that 200 mile stretch. I have been stuck in very long traffic jams on I-35 because somebody had a wreck miles up the road. I imagine that a replacement will be proposed at some point out of necessity. The state will undoubtedly use eminent domain to acquire the land needed for any new road, as they did when they originally built I-35. Unless the new road is also a public/private partnership like the TTC was, it will probably cost tax payers more than the TTC would have. There were many people in Texas who were dead set against the TTC but I was for it. I just do not see a practical upside in killing it.


131 posted on 09/13/2011 7:21:12 PM PDT by jospehm20
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