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AUSTIN -- The second half of the massive Trans Texas Corridor will take a large step toward reality today, when state transportation officials award a $5 million design contract to a team of private toll road operators. The operators will develop a master plan for the portion of the project that will run from Northeast Texas to Houston and then to Mexico – about 650 miles. The contract will not directly authorize the winning consortium to build any part of the super highway. But it will give the winning bidder a position of power for winning the much larger construction...

CorridorWatch.org – IN THE NEWS (08.25.05) KCEN-TV CHANNEL 6 NBC AFFILIATE TO AIR TTC SPECIAL FRIDAY A locally produced special report, "The Road to Change," will air at 6:30pm Friday, August 26, 2005, immediately following the six o'clock news throughout Central Texas including Waco, Temple, and Killeen. The special will preempt the popular Wheel of Fortune and should attract a large Texas audience. CorridorWatch.org co-founder David Stall and TxDOT Turnpike Authority Director Phillip Russell will discuss the TTC with KCEN-TV anchorwoman Kelley Barr. Also appearing in a segment of the special is Blackland Coalition President Chris Hammel. KCEN-TV has a...