Subject: IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Trans Texas Corridor NOT
dead
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Terri Hall,
Founder / Director, Texans Uniting for Reform & Freedom (
PHONE:
Trans
The announcement by TxDOT Executive Director Amadeo
Saenz at the Texas Transportation Forum that the "Trans Texas Corridor, as
it was originally envisioned, is no more," is just another in a series of
comments to lead opponents into believing the Trans Texas Corridor is indeed
dead.
It's clear
from the TxDOT Director's speech,
that it's only a name change and the Trans Texas Corridor is, in
reality, going underground.
This fact is evident in just
about every news source across the state:
"'Amadeo told folks at
the forum that the Trans-Texas Corridor, as it was originally envisioned,
is no more,' Amacker said. 'Instead, what we've
got is a series of smaller projects.'
Those 'smaller projects' will apparently include
the 300-plus miles of what has been called
"Other than
backpedaling from the Trans-Texas Corridor brand, and the goals and priorities
set over the years, the Trans-Texas Corridor remains intact.
TxDOT still plans to partner
with private corporations to build and lease projects. Toll roads, truck-only
lanes and rail lanes are also still on the table.
Environmental studies for
the I-35 and
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"The renewed effort now will operate under
the name 'Innovative Connectivity Plan.'" --
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No law has
been changed, no minute order rescinded, no environmental document re-done (as
is required by federal law), and there are still two contracts signed giving
two Spanish companies the right of first refusal on segments of the corridor
previously known as
Lets just say, we agree with Senator Robert Nichols'
statement in the
"If it is just a name
change, and nothing more, I don't think that is going to do much to appease
lawmakers," said Nichols, R-Jacksonville.
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