[BobL]

Looks like the Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC) is BACK (more or less), raising its UGLY HEAD, thanks to our precious governor Rick Perry.

It's interesting to note that he's pushing it just a couple of days after the legislature finished its work for the next two years and thus CANNOT stop him. He knows how much this ANGERS Texans, but this sick idea (of privately owned roads) will NOT get out of his head.

However, I do also (again) give him political credit. He knows that HUGE DAMAGE done by these schemes (i.e., private companies charging people 20 cents to $1.00 per mile to drive, without alternatives thanks to monopoly protection) will not be evident until well after the 2012 election - so he's taken us Texans for SUCKERS, again.

[BobL]

Ping!!

[Spktyr]

Sounds rather less than more here. It’s just a loop around Houston, and you can’t exactly deny that Houston needs more roads.

The equivalent up here in Dallas is the Bush Tollway, and that’s just a godsend if you want to get over to the airport fast, for example.

[Clara Lou]

I’d also say “less.”

God, I hate to see the Katy prairie completely disappear. I can remember clouds of geese (snow geese, I think) landing in the rice fields.

It’ll be great, though, won’t it? Rows and rows and rows of houses with convenience stores at the entrance to the neighborhoods.

[Weight of Glory]

This is not the TTC. The Grand Parkway has been in the works for a very long time. Much of it is already built. Section F-2 will be built roughly two miles north from where I live. It is basically an outer-outer belt for Houston, and is meant to ease traffic in North Harris County by linking I-45 to 249, clearing the east-west traffic on FM 2920, Spring Cypress rd., and Louetta. Personally, I don't like it. But I don't work downtown. For those who do, they're pretty glad to see it go in. It can take up to 20-30 mins. just to get to I-45 on a work day. Here's a link showing all the sections.

http://www.grandpky.com/about%20us/default.asp

Also, this road will be needed because Exxon is building what may be its new national headquarters right next to where segment F-2 hits I-45. The Grand Parkway will really be helpful when some 8,000 new employees move into this area!

[smokingfrog]

This road just goes around Houston, so I don’t see how it could be compared to TTC. They don’t really need to build it all at once either. They could just put in the feeder roads for now, like they did between I-10 and Hwy 59.

[deport]

http://www.grandpky.com/home/ ;
The Grand Parkway, TX 99, has been on the books and planning stages since back in the late 1960-early 70s. So this isn’t a new project by any means.

It is a 180 mile +- ring around the Houston metroplex going through seven counties. About 30 miles have been completed so far and open for travel.

The Houston area has three rings around the metro area. They are;
I-610 loop
Sam Houston Tollway - Beltway 8
TX 99 - Grand Parkway

[bgill]

Deport the illegals and there will be less people on the roads so less traffic and less need to build new roads.