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President Bush has announced that he intends to appoint an official with toll-road investor Macquarie to be the general counsel of the U.S. Department of Transportation. David James Gribbin, IV, of Virginia is currently the division director for Macquarie Holdings, a Washington, DC, company under the umbrella of the toll-road investor Macquarie Infrastructure Group of Australia. Before that private sector job, Gribbin was chief counsel of the Federal Highway Administration. Current Transportation Secretary Mary Peters also worked at FHWA at that time. Bush’s announcement may draw anti-privatization sentiment from U.S. senators during the confirmation process, according to Toll Road News,...

A company was selected Thursday to develop a system so that motorists can pay their way on Trans-Texas Corridor toll roads without stopping at a booth. Meeting in Austin, the Texas Transportation Commission selected Raytheon Co. as the prime contractor for the system. The first leg of Trans-Texas is a planned toll road that would be an alternative to Interstate 35 from Dallas-Fort Worth to San Antonio. Construction is expected to be under way by 2007 and be completed by 2015. Eventually, toll roads, rail lines and utilities would crisscross the state, according to Gov. Rick Perry's vision of Trans-Texas....

CorridorWatch Member NEWS (01.03.05) CorridorWatch.org Members > CorridorWatch.org Members Newsletter -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HAPPY NEW YEAR! IN 2005 TOLLS ARE ALREADY A HOT TOPIC As the new year started the news across the country has been filled with complaints and issues surrounding tolls and toll roads. No not in Texas but in places where drivers are supposed to freely accept toll roads, like Illinois and Pennsylvania. Seems that states who have much more history with toll project than Texas are discovering that toll roads are not necessarily the solution to highway funding woes. NON-TRIVIAL PURSUIT Q: Who has the most expensive toll...