theHawk
10-06-2009, 03:45 PM
FINALLY!!! Victory to the grassroots movement to stop the TTC!! After years of being ignored, the assholes at the department of transportation in the end couldn't stop the will of the people. We were not going to let the government take land illegally, tax us, toll us, sell us out to a foreign country, and unsecure our borders. :cheers2:
AUSTIN — State transportation officials, who earlier this year declared the Trans-Texas Corridor dead at least in name, plan to stick a fork in the lingering Interstate 35 section of the project on Wednesday.
Texas Department of Transportation officials said that in response to comments from citizens during the environmental review of Trans-Texas Corridor-35, the agency would end efforts to develop it “through the Trans-Texas Corridor concept.”
The highway was envisioned as a congestion-relieving parallel to I-35 between the Dallas-Fort Worth area and San Antonio.
GOP Gov. Rick Perry had championed the Trans-Texas Corridor, an ambitious highway network proposal that included public-private partnerships and tollways. It was meant to address a state highway system whose revenues aren't keeping up with the need.
An outcry from landowners and others, however, prompted the transportation agency this year to say it would scale back the network concept and drop the name. The I-35 proposal was a lingering project.
As part of the decision, the Associated Press reported, a development contract with Spain-based Cintra and Zachry Construction Corp. of San Antonio was being terminated. A Zachry spokeswoman didn't immediately return a call seeking comment.
Agency officials said they will detail the “path forward” on Wednesday. The agency is overseen by the Perry-appointed Texas Transportation Commission.
The move comes on the heels of the Texas Farm Bureau's decision to endorse U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison over Perry in the race for the GOP nod for governor. The Trans-Texas Corridor is a key issue on which Perry split with the bureau.
The transportation department emphasized the reason for the original Trans-Texas Corridor concept in a statement today.
“Interstate 35 has long been recognized as one of the state's most congested highways, delaying travel for motorists and freight. The TTC concept was introduced in 2001 as a strategy to address congestion,” it said
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Texas_pulls_the_plug_on_Interstate_35_project.html
A victory for Texans, a victory for America, and defeat for the biggest putz RINO Perry!
:dance:
Don't let the door hit you on your ass on the way out Perry!
:flameth::scared:
AUSTIN — State transportation officials, who earlier this year declared the Trans-Texas Corridor dead at least in name, plan to stick a fork in the lingering Interstate 35 section of the project on Wednesday.
Texas Department of Transportation officials said that in response to comments from citizens during the environmental review of Trans-Texas Corridor-35, the agency would end efforts to develop it “through the Trans-Texas Corridor concept.”
The highway was envisioned as a congestion-relieving parallel to I-35 between the Dallas-Fort Worth area and San Antonio.
GOP Gov. Rick Perry had championed the Trans-Texas Corridor, an ambitious highway network proposal that included public-private partnerships and tollways. It was meant to address a state highway system whose revenues aren't keeping up with the need.
An outcry from landowners and others, however, prompted the transportation agency this year to say it would scale back the network concept and drop the name. The I-35 proposal was a lingering project.
As part of the decision, the Associated Press reported, a development contract with Spain-based Cintra and Zachry Construction Corp. of San Antonio was being terminated. A Zachry spokeswoman didn't immediately return a call seeking comment.
Agency officials said they will detail the “path forward” on Wednesday. The agency is overseen by the Perry-appointed Texas Transportation Commission.
The move comes on the heels of the Texas Farm Bureau's decision to endorse U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison over Perry in the race for the GOP nod for governor. The Trans-Texas Corridor is a key issue on which Perry split with the bureau.
The transportation department emphasized the reason for the original Trans-Texas Corridor concept in a statement today.
“Interstate 35 has long been recognized as one of the state's most congested highways, delaying travel for motorists and freight. The TTC concept was introduced in 2001 as a strategy to address congestion,” it said
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Texas_pulls_the_plug_on_Interstate_35_project.html
A victory for Texans, a victory for America, and defeat for the biggest putz RINO Perry!
:dance:
Don't let the door hit you on your ass on the way out Perry!
:flameth::scared: