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“Legislators did keep a provision that was allowed under the authority of the Trans Texas Corridor: the potential of 85 mph speed limits on certain highways that are properly engineered to handle the higher speeds.”

The TTC would have had a separation between lanes for heavy trucks, and those for lighter vehicles. I wouldn’t want to be on a highway, where semis travel at 85 mph, on all sides of me.

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As I understand it, a simple highway would initially be built, with 13-foot-wide lanes and a wide median. Then, apparently, as traffic increased, 12-foot-wide, auto-only lanes would be added on the inside, and the original lanes would be used by the trucks.

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The TTC would have had a separation between lanes for heavy trucks, and those for lighter vehicles. I wouldn’t want to be on a highway, where semis travel at 85 mph, on all sides of me.

Semis? Try a lot of drivers in general. 85 mph means a lot of them will be doing 90+. I've driven a lot of the 80mph areas in West Texas and even in a well-engineered car, I didn't feel safe because of others around me, especially those with just a few fingers on the steering wheel yapping away on their cell phones.

And then there is the Mexico traffic.