Trans Texas Corridor is dead, TxDOT saya

DALLAS MORNING NEWS ^ | 06 JAN 09 | MICHAEL A. LINDENBERGER

[TXnMA]

Trans Texas Corridor is dead, TxDOT says

10:50 AM CST on Tuesday, January 6, 2009

By MICHAEL A. LINDENBERGER / The Dallas Morning News
mlindenberger@dallasnews.com

AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Transportation announced this morning that it has officially killed the Trans Texas Corridor, saying that despite the project's visionary aspects, "it is clearly not the choice of Texans."

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[TXnMA]

Sounds good, but I'll trust and believe it when:

1. RINO Rick Perry no longer has an office in Texas government

2. TxDOT is forced to return to its original status as the Texas Highway Department -- period...

3. Texas' highway construction is under an elected Commisioner...

4. An alternate highway (only) is under construction.

[Uncle Miltie]

Wow! Big win.

[muawiyah]

Don’t be fooled with the name change ~ it’s now I-69 and it’s being built as we speak!

[TXnMA]

PING for Good news -- if true.

TSR, I think that this one might be worthy of a ping to your list...

[GQuagmire]

Consider yourself lucky. If they only pulled the plug on the Big Dig......(were you here during it?)

[TXnMA]

Please correct the (saya says) typo in the title to make it more searchable...

(The POST form's tiny font size on this hi-res screen is a real challenge for these old eyes...)

Thanks!

TXnMA

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Separate lanes for large trucks seemed like a good idea, for several reasons.

[TXnMA]

Yes — for the first twenty years and twenty billion dollars of it... ‘-}

[rwfromkansas]

Having recently moved to Texas, I had to look into this to see why highway improvements are a bad thing.

This was a very ambitious project, but I think I understand why it isn’t so good. It would support traffic from Mexico, take massive areas of land, and privatize the road system.

Something needs done. I am in West Texas, but when I am in Dallas, the traffic is ridiculous. I-35 north to OKC or south toward the Waco area is just flat terrifying. Something needs done, and hopefully it will happen.

But, not this TTC plan.

[TXnMA]

Actually, I championed separate minimum-width cargo-only (trucks + rail) corridors -- one N-S and one E-W -- (without all the utilities ROW, etc).

That would leave the present Interstates for passenger vehicle use only -- which would increase safety, decrease IH traffic volume, and extend the infrastructure's usable lifetimes tremendously.

[rwfromkansas]

I would say that is one good idea, and parts of this will still be built.

I do believe they need to make separate lanes for trucks.

[TXnMA]

"Wow! Big win."

Thanks! I was right in the middle of the on-the-ground and head-to head battle with TxDOT...

[bigbob]

So, I guess if they wanted a corridor there, they’d build it themselves.

[TXnMA]

I agree (See #10...)

[Ditter]

Yeah, something needs to be done alright. People need to stop moving here. The weather it horrible ya’ll. Scorching hot for 8 months out of the year. mosquitoes that can carry you off, roaches as big as limos, poisonous snakes everywhere. Not to mention floods and droughts, hurricanes and tornadoes. Don't come here it is a nightmare place to live.

That should do it! ;9)

[relictele]

That would leave the present Interstates for passenger vehicle use only -- which would increase safety, decrease IH traffic volume, and extend the infrastructure's usable lifetimes tremendously.

That would be fantastic but wouldn't the trucking industry go nuts and moan about road/fuel taxes etc. while ignoring the damage their vehicles cause daily?

[Rastus]

Translate it into Spanish and you’ve got a winner.

[2CAVTrooper]

“Separate lanes for large trucks seemed like a good idea, for several reasons.”

I agree that trucks, large RV’s, and busses should have their own lanes that’s physically separated from passenger car traffic.

[TXnMA]

Not quite sure what your point is, but TxDOT has zero business grabbing and fencing in ROW for pipelines, power lines, etc.

If Texans want to include rail in their charter, then my solution in # 10 (built along old rail ROWs) would apply...

Of course none of the above would apply unless adjoining States made the same commitment to ensure long-distance freight transport.

[TXnMA]

Ya left out the "far aints"... <LOL!!>