Trans-Texas Corridor
I didn’t know this part about the Trans-Texas Corridor:
MySA.com: Commentary:
Yet today, amid the discussions about farmland, foreign involvement and NAFTA, I hear little about the subject of one small paragraph near the end of this article. The paragraph reads, “Traffic levels on I-35 will help determine toll rates and limits on building competing public roads. A certain amount of congestion is needed to create a market for toll roads.
“To ensure profitability, the contract can limit expansion of existing roads and/or the building of new roads well beyond the dimensions of the corridor. This would be most critical for I-35, but could also limit local efforts to improve road infrastructure and development extending for several miles either side of the corridor.
As I approach 60, I realize that this control will continue until my 110th birthday. My 20-year-old granddaughter will be 70 years old at that time. It is difficult to understand how our government entities can value the concept of electing public officials for two six-year terms, yet hand over this kind of authority over the citizens of Texas for 50 years.
So there will be no more efforts to relieve congestion on I-35 until the Texas-Trans Corridor is profitable? The more details that come out about the Trans-Texas Corridor, the more it seems like this version at least, is a bad idea.
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