MySA.com: Metro | State
AUSTIN — Did you drive on Interstate 35 in early September? Where were you going, and why? How many people were in the car with you? And by the way, how many people live in your house?
The Texas Department of Transportation wants to know — and a company it hired may [...]
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Amadeo Saenz, TxDOT’s assistant executive director for engineering operations, said Carona could obtain the information only if he signed a confidentiality agreement.
Of chief concern to transportation officials, according to records of a Monday e-mail exchange between a Carona aide and TxDOT, is the need for the public to be kept in the dark [...]
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I don’t know enough about this to know if it is a good or bad idea and I’m not necessarily against toll roads.
Transportation Commission rules in favor of local tolls - San Antonio Business Journal:
The expansion of U.S. 281 and Loop 1604 will continue as toll projects, the Texas Transportation Commission has concluded. The determination [...]
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So would this prevent TxDOT from refusing to disclose locations because of “competitive” reasons?
80(R) HB 1857 - Introduced version - Bill Text
Sec. 201.620. COOPERATIVE PLANNING WITH COUNTIES. (a) The department and a county with a population of 750,000 or less may enter into an agreement for the purpose of identifying future transportation corridors within [...]
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It can be interesting to read about the same story from more than one news paper. The San Antonio Express News reports about problems the state auditor found with Trans-Texas Corridor plan.
MySA.com: Politics
Although the state could receive $3 billion in concession payments from developers, such payments could be reduced if inflation, interest rates and other [...]
Filed under: Cintra, Kirk Watson, Rick Perry, State Auditor, TTC-35, Texas Department of Transportation, Trans-Texas Corridor, Zachry, texas | 1 Comment »
Long article in the Texas Observer worth reading. Some highlights follow.
I’m sure this is standard practice in the private sector. After, all we’re going with toll roads to take advantage of the efficiencies of the private sector, right?
The Highwaymen by Eileen Welsome - The Texas Observer
Yet even the chairman is perplexed by some details of [...]
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