[mnehring]

There will obviously be a lot more articles about this announcement, however, I thought the perspective of our mayor was interesting because it is a mirror of the opposition the TTC opponents face. It isn't just opposition coming from Austin, many local cities were supporting and bidding on trying to get it close in order to reap the benefits.

I know our mayor personally, and he isn't a NAU schill, he is a good, Conservative man, but like a lot of other supporters, he was looking at community profit first.

[mnehring]

Local and TTC ping.

[KarinG1]

Longview Mayor Jay Dean said he is disappointed that the proposed Interstate 69/Trans-Texas Corridor won't be built near the city.

Instead, the road will follow the existing U.S. 59 route, the Texas Department of Transportation announced Tuesday. U.S. 59 runs through Carthage, Marshall and Jefferson.

Sounds like Mayor Jay Dean has never been to Longview. It is less than 30 miles from Marshall, and he says it isn't near? I can't imagine what his concept of near amounts to.

[hoagy62]

When I was down in the Cleveland area this past March and April, they were working like gangbusters building the thing. Pretty much every mile south of New Caney to Houston is under construction. It’s probably gone farther north since then.