Hutchison promises highway shakeup
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison on Tuesday offered a sweeping plan to overhaul transportation planning in Texas if she is elected governor, but stopped short of saying how she would pay for it.
My initial reaction was “of course she’s not going to say how she would pay for it” with a smirk [...]

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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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