TDT to hold public hearing on TTC(Trans-Texas Corridor)

McKinney Courier-Gazette ^ | July 03, 2006 | KRYSTAL DE LOS SANTOS

[Marius3188]

On July 13, the Texas Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing at which Collin County residents may express their concerns, ask questions and make comments about plans for the stretch of the Trans-Texas Corridor that will parallel I-35.

TTC-35 is one of the four main toll roads planned for the Trans-Texas Corridor system, which is a series of thoroughfares criss-crossing the state, just outside metropolitan areas.

In 2002, Governor Rick Perry released plans for the project, saying the measure would relieve traffic congestion in Texas' major cities and would provide an alternative route for commercial trucks, often hauling hazardous freight.

The TTC-35 corridor includes three passenger lanes in each direction; two truck lanes in each direction; a high-speed rail line, a commuter rail line and a freight rail line in each direction.

The hearing next week is one of a series of 54 meetings beginning in mid-July and continuing for five consecutive weeks from July 10 through August 10. The meetings are the fourth set of public hearings on TTC-35 that give residents an opportunity to comment on the proposed development of the road. These public hearings are the culmination of a two-year public involvement process that has already included 117 public meetings netting more than 4,000 comments.

“The sole purpose of the public hearings is to get comments from citizens, local governments, business, property owners and other stakeholders,” said Tim Brown, chairman of the Trans-Texas Corridor Advisory Committee. “Decisions will be made based on those comments, so it's important that people participate in the process.”

According to TxDOT officials, public comment has influenced the selection of a preferred corridor alternative that incorporates the most miles of existing highways and rail, representing a response to comments frequently heard at previous public meetings.

The presentation at the hearings will focus on the preferred corridor alternative from Gainesville to Laredo and why it meets the state's long-term goal of relieving congestion and improving safety on I-35. Other corridor alternatives that were evaluated also will be presented for public comment.

The hearing begins with an open house at 5 p.m. at which residents can review maps of the preferred corridor alternative and ask questions of TxDOT staff. The presentation and oral comments begin at 6:30 p.m.

After the public hearings, staff will analyze the comments and submit a final environmental impact statement to the Federal Highway Administration. A decision from FHWA is expected next summer. Approval from the administration would allow the environmental process to continue with additional environmental studies focusing on the narrowed 10-mile wide study area. It is within this study area that a final project route would be determined for roads, rail and utilities. Construction could only begin after the additional studies are completed.

The McKinney meeting starts at 5 p.m. Wednesday, July 13 at the McKinney High School Cafeteria, 1400 Wilson Creek Pkwy.

A complete list of hearings is posted on www.keeptexasmoving.org.

Contact Krystal De Los Santos at krystal.delossantos@scntx.com

[Marius3188]

TTC ping

[Calpernia]

Tag the animals, tag the vehicle, tag the people.

[TLI]

On July 13, the Texas Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing at which Collin County residents may express their concerns, ask questions and make comments about plans for the stretch of the Trans-Texas Corridor that will parallel I-35.

and those comments will be dropped in the trash on July 14.

[Eastbound]

"...and those comments will be dropped in the trash on July 14."

Exactly right. Just like the hearings on Border XXI bs.

[COEXERJ145]

I don't know who put the keywords "KOOKMAGNET" and "TRANSTINFOILCORRIDOR" but both are spot on.

[Sarajevo]

In 2002, Governor Rick Perry released plans for the project, saying the measure would relieve traffic congestion in Texas' major cities and would provide an alternative route for commercial trucks, often hauling hazardous freight.,/p>

Perry and the TXDoT are so FOS it's pathetic. Already, they are attmepting to take public roads to convert to tollways. This will only bring more congestion along poorly designed interchanges.

Zachary-Cintras and the TXDoT have consistently blocked the opinions of the people, whose concerns lie in the right-of-way, and businesses which would lose on this proposition.

This is not to mention the fact that, once completed and integrated into an international series of toll roads, border security will be a moot point.

[zeugma]

Thanks for the post. I'll be going to let these morons know what I think of their toll roads.

[TXnMA]

“The sole purpose of the public hearings is to get comments from citizens, local governments, business, property owners and other stakeholders,” said Tim Brown, chairman of the Trans-Texas Corridor Advisory Committee. “Decisions will be made based on to ignore or refute those comments, so it's important that people participate in the process.”

[TXnMA]

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Trans-Texas Corridor PING!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Thanks for the ping!

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

From the article:

According to TxDOT officials, public comment has influenced the selection of a preferred corridor alternative that incorporates the most miles of existing highways and rail, representing a response to comments frequently heard at previous public meetings.

[TXnMA]

Pardon me if I remain skeptical. That was probably the cheapest route for Cintra; TXDOT just claimed it as a response to public interest.

When TXDOT addresses the negative impacts on rural Texas counties, I will begin to believe they are really listening.

I'm not holding my breath...

[TXnMA]

Thanks for all your pings, BTW...

[TXnMA]

The TTC-35 corridor includes three passenger lanes in each direction; two truck lanes in each direction; a high-speed rail line, a commuter rail line and a freight rail line in each direction.

Does this mean that TXDOT has deleted the utility corridor?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

You're welcome. :-)

[ElephantinTexas]

Well they are having these meetings but if you bring up tolls while you are speaking, they will cut you off from speaking then you will be asked (forced?) to leave.

On a lighter note.. On the local, San Antonio KENS-5 TV Sunday morning show, they had the TXDOT SpokesWeasel telling all of us that TX-130 is a "done deal" with a "50 year contract" to Cintra and Zachary. "Just like the Spurs have with Bexar County." (I'm glad I hadn't had breakfast yet)

NOW... I'm going to try an stay level headed about this...... for now.

I saw the map the TXDOT puppet put up. I live in San Antonio and use to drive from here to Austin in about an hour but those days are over with all of the never-ending construction but what I don't get about TX-130 is if I was coming from North Texas, going to Houston, I can see using the by-pass of Austin, go over to Sequin then East over to Houston.

BUT if I'm going North from San Antonio, or Laredo, why in the HELL would I drive all of the way east past Sequin to get on a freakin' Toll Road?

Now if Grumpy's over in Schulenburg moves to Seqiun so I can get some of those great Coconut Cream Pies.....then I'm in for this huge Texas Land Grab and another screwing of this Great Country that I Love..........Hook.....Line and Sinker.......

did I turn that sarcasm thingy off?

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the insights! Jeepers...

[Diddle E. Squat]

Actually they are required by law to keep the comments as a public record, which is the whole reason for having the meeting. Not that facts ever get in the way of rants around here.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Perry and the TXDoT are so FOS it's pathetic. Already, they are attmepting to take public roads to convert to tollways.

As pointed out several times to you before on these threads, that is a lie. Yet you continue to repeat it after being refuted. But once more I'll play your game again. Name the public road that is open that will have its currently open lanes converted to tolls.

Zachary-Cintras and the TXDoT have consistently blocked the opinions of the people, whose concerns lie in the right-of-way, and businesses which would lose on this proposition.

Sure, so having a public meeting where the opinions of those who attend are all entered into the public record is blocking their opinions? When these meetings result in plenty of media coverage where opponents can bitch and moan and spread their lies? Not very effective at blocking opinions is it.

This is not to mention the fact that, once completed and integrated into an international series of toll roads, border security will be a moot point.

Ah yes, another tinfoil kook. How exactly does a new road make "border security a moot point" when all roads will still end at border crossings, just like they do now? How exactly is this an "international series of toll roads" any more than the present highway system an "international series of highways"? Wow, there are (and have been for a century) roads in America, in Canada, and in Mexico, therefore it is an evil conspiracy!

[Diddle E. Squat]

Well they are having these meetings but if you bring up tolls while you are speaking, they will cut you off from speaking then you will be asked (forced?) to leave.

False. That only happened at a meeting about another road where it had been earlier stated the road wasn't going to be tolled. That was repeated at the beginning of the meeting, that the public comment time at the microphone for that meeting was about that road only (as advertised), not tolling. They only limited the cranky activist who kept trying to veer off-subject into tolling. If you go to a meeting about building a high school they won't let you rant about weather or abortion, either.

On a lighter note.. On the local, San Antonio KENS-5 TV Sunday morning show, they had the TXDOT SpokesWeasel telling all of us that TX-130 is a "done deal" with a "50 year contract" to Cintra and Zachary. "Just like the Spurs have with Bexar County." (I'm glad I hadn't had breakfast yet)

TX130 was planned before the TTC was conceptualized.

saw the map the TXDOT puppet put up. I live in San Antonio and use to drive from here to Austin in about an hour but those days are over with all of the never-ending construction but what I don't get about TX-130 is if I was coming from North Texas, going to Houston, I can see using the by-pass of Austin, go over to Sequin then East over to Houston. BUT if I'm going North from San Antonio, or Laredo, why in the HELL would I drive all of the way east past Sequin to get on a freakin' Toll Road? Now if Grumpy's over in Schulenburg moves to Seqiun so I can get some of those great Coconut Cream Pies.....then I'm in for this huge Texas Land Grab and another screwing of this Great Country that I Love..........Hook.....Line and Sinker.......

This may come as a shock, but TXDOT has to plan roads to accomodate users from places other than your own. Horribly cruel and unfair, I know...

[TLI]

Not that facts ever get in the way of rants around here.

Of course they don't. I have watched the OBL s**k ups rant and rave tirelessly here, pushing a point that a third grader would not defend. They will do it for dems, illegal alien border violators, just about any "progressive" anti-America nutcase agenda that get a drop of ink in the press.

[Smartass]

The NASCO Super Corridor. An estimated one trillion in costs to the U.S. Taxpayer,
for low pay Mexican truck drivers to Kansas City, and beyond...

[CWOJackson]

Looks good. It's about time we updated our highway system to facilitate our economy.

[Smartass]

"Looks good. It's about time we updated our highway system to facilitate our" Mexico's "economy."

[TXnMA]

Looks good. It's about time we updated our highway system to facilitate our economy drug trade and wetback importation flow.

[CWOJackson]

LOL! You folks are like an old record player and scratched record...keep repeating the same short tune over and over and over. Following the brilliant success of the Utah Referendum perhaps you folks should consider moving up to at least the 8 track age.

[Smartass]

"LOL! You folks are like an old record player and scratched record...keep repeating the same short tune over and over and over. Following the brilliant success of the Utah Referendum perhaps you folks should consider moving up to at least the 8 track age."


Yep, stereo flag's for your listening pleasure!!!
It's a broken record alright, that's going to
played for guys like you, for a long, long time.

 

[Arizona Carolyn]

Who's a broken record and who has their head in the sand or their hands in someone's pockets, why else would anyone willingly give away their nation?

[Ready4Freddy]

I like the CUESPOOKYMUSIC! LOL

[hedgetrimmer]

Thanks for making that correction!

[COEXERJ145]

Another good one that appears on most of the TTC threads is "MORETHORAZINEPLEASE".

[Smartass]

Did you see this link yet?

The Underground Economy

 

 

[Smartass]

How about this link too...

The U.S.-Mexico Totalization Agreement


And we wonder why our Social Security will be
disappearing in a short few years?

 

[CWOJackson]

Improving our highway infra-structure is hardly goving our nation away but watching the hysteria from those who believe that BS is fun to watch.

[Smartass]

WARNING

 

[Arizona Carolyn]

Come on, you know as well as I do this is about a whole lot more than infrastructure... therefore, there is something in it for you and your pro-NAU clan.

[CWOJackson]

LOL! There's a lot in there for the average American...and look at what it's already doing for the conspiracy crowd.

[Arizona Carolyn]

CWO one only has to look as far as California, today, to see what is "in it" for the average American.

I grew up in SoCal so I know first hand what has changed and is changing, now they are left with no choice for governor and it is only getting worse every two years.

I like having a constitution and borders, let Europe have their EU (though it appears most Europeans don't want one), but I don't want an NAU with an economy and dollar blended with Canada and Mexico, or laws that take away our first and second ammendment rights because Canada and Mexico don't believe in the same things we do.

Do you realize under the agreement the President agreed to with Canada and Mexico, the Free Republic would likely have to be taken down because so many here are anti-abortion and anti-Gay? Under Canadian laws that is deemed hate speech and not allowed, and it would not be allowed to publically say the things we say here in the NAU when it takes effect in 2010 -- by executive order.

[CWOJackson]

It's just a freaking highway...just like the Denver Airport is just a freaking airport. What are you people going to predict the demise of our nation on next? Starbucks shops?

[bitt]

thanks for the link - forwarding it on to Fatboy and Skerry.

[Smartass]

You're welcome...   :o)

Have a happy 4th of July


God Bless America, and
Remember our POW's

 

[texastoo]

You nailed him. LOL

[Smartass]

FYI AZ Carolyn...

 

Republicans Reject Corridor Plan

[ resolution of opposition ]

On Friday, June 4, 2004, the Republican Party of Texas adopted their State Republican Party Platform. Under the first section of their platform, titled Preserving American Freedom, is a plank specific to the Trans-Texas Corridor. It reads in its entirety:

"Trans-Texas Corridor — Because there are issues of confiscation of private land, State and National sovereignty and other similar concerns, the Party urges the repeal of HB 3588 authorizing the Trans-Texas Corridor. Further, we urge the removal of all authorization and powers granted the Texas Transportation Commission and the Texas Department of Transportation for the construction and operation of the Trans-Texas Corridor." [page P-4]

 

 

 

[Arizona Carolyn]

Good for them, now the fight begins in ernest. I think there has to be a lot of ranchers who won't want that highway and rails running across their property.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Chill, CWO, you know it's about a lot more than that... or you're in deep denial. Either way there is no middle ground to this conversation, is there?

[CWOJackson]

Chill? I'm not paranoid about a super-highway or making our bringing our interstate infra-structure up to date. But you're right about there being no middle ground...it's just a freaking highway not a nation threatening conspiracy.

How do you people function in the real world?