Trans-Texas Corridor
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THE ROAD TO
RUIN
The Trans-Texas Corridor is a bad, bad, bad
idea, not only for Texas but for the entire
United States of America as well. Here are
some reasons Governor Perry fails to
recognize or care about.

  1. An easy terrorist target.  200 foot
    utility zone for large underground
    water lines, natural gas and petrolium
    pipelines, telecommunication cables,
    fiberoptics and overhead high-voltage
    electrical transmission lines in a
    quart mile wide package spells easy
    pickings for terrorists.
  2. Private land becomes State land.  
    The TTC project authorizes the
    Commission to take private land from
    current land owners in record time - to
    lease it for any commercial, industrial
    or agricultural project it sees fit.  More
    then one million acres will rapidly
    become government property used to
    collect State revenue, and squashing
    out all private business in it's path.
  3. Money first, transportation second.  
    The Corridor plan is designed to
    provide transportation funds,not
    necessarily transportation. They do
    not and will not care where it is built
    or how many families, farms, and
    communities are affected provided it
    produces income.
  4. Heavy negative economic impact for
    Texas cities and towns.  Hundreds
    of Texas communities will be seeing
    business's shut down, layoffs and job
    loss.  As State contracts concessions
    will include food, gas, hotels, stores
    and more, and access to any small
    towns from the Corridor will be non-
    existent.  School districts will lose
    approximately 580,000 acres from
    their tax rolls. Local taxpayers will
    absorb the differences, as every mile
    of the Corridor will take approximately
    146 acres of land off school districts
    tax rolls each year.                
  5. A State divided.  Nearly a one-
    quarter mile wide corridor will cut
    through Texas, making it difficult to
    get from one place to another, and
    leaving many landowners unable to
    access their own property, thus
    forcing them to sell it to the
    government.
  6. Pollution and environmental
    hazards.  "Don't fix it, just move it"
    seems to be the approach Perry is
    opting for.  As the Corridor generates
    more air pollution, this time to the
    rural areas of Texas, it also threatens
    wildlife by hampering the migration of
    100% of all reptiles, rodents,
    amphibians and mammals that
    populate Texas.
  7. Open door.  Easy assess for Mexico
    & South American drug, weapon and
    human smuggling cartels as well as
    paramilitary groups to our Nations
    heartlands.

The dangers and disasters are numerous.  
Is Spain receiving funding really worth such a
high cost?
    
Facts taken from www.corridorwatch.org,
please click link to them for even more
detailed information.
AS BAD AS IT GETS?
FAST FACTS
The Trans-Texas Corridor is the largest
engineering project ever proposed for Texas.  
The statewide network of priority corridors
will stretch 4,000 miles and measure up to
1,200 feet wide.

Each segment of the corridor will contain:
  • Six 12-foot passenger vehicle lanes
    (80mph)
  • Four 13 foot truck lanes.
  • Two tracks for 200 mph high-speed
    passenger rail.
  • Two tracks for commuter passenger
    rail.
  • Two tracks for freight rail.
  • 200 foot utility zone for underground
    water lines, natural gas and petrolium
    pipelines, telecommunication cables
    and overhead high-voltage electric
    transmission lines.

Four Priority Corridors identified:  
  • TTC-35: I-35, I-37, I-69 from Denison
    to Rio Grande Valley.
  • TTC-69: I-69 from Texarkana to
    Houston to Loredo.
  • TTC-45: I-45 from Dallas-Fort Worth
    to Houston.
  • TTC-10: I-10 from El Paso to Orange.
These priority corridors account for
approximately half the total 8,000 miles of the
Trans-Texas Corridor.

The current Corridor plans will require 146
acres of right away per mile of corridor.  The
total anticipated right of way for 4,000 miles
of Corridor is 584,000 acres.

Estimated total cost of the Trans-Texas
Corridor is $145 billion to $183 billion dollars.
WHO'S IN CHARGE?
One thing is very clear, it won't be the United
States of America. Rather the Trans-Texas
Corridor will be controlled by a company from
Spain called "CINTRA".  This information was
withheld from the public by decision of Gov.
Perry and Cintra/Zachery, even though $3.5
million tax payer dollars is being given to
CINTRA's partner, Zachery, for planning.

When Attorney General Greg Abbott
attempted to make the documents public in
June, 2005. CINTRA/Zachry and the TxDOT
filed a lawsuit against the Attorney General in
July, 2005 to keep the documents secret.  
Why was this lawsuit needed if this project
was as legit as they claim?

Through this deal, Spain/CINTRA/Zachry will
control a half million acres of the richest
farmlands in Texas, a region known as "The
Blacklands."
Why don't you
try to explain
to them why
you are selling
out their
country?
WHO WILL BE AFFECTED?
Texas Landowners -
Approximately 580,000 acres (908 sq. miles)
of private land will be taken by the State for
the superhighway, bullet train and any other
use that TxDOT can lease or sell to generate
income for the TTC.

Those directly affected by land takings may
find they can no longer access portions of
their properties divided by the corridor
running  through their lands. There will be no
increase to adjacent property values through
any future commercial developments. By
design the Corridor will have no access to
adjacent property nor will it have frontage
roads.

Local Government -
New authority granted to TxDOT allows the
taking of city and country owned real property,
parkways, streets, highway alleys, or
reservations and prohibits TxDOT from
paying compensation for that land.
(HB-3588).

TxDOT may require a government entity to
pay a fee to use any part of the Trans-Texas
Corridor.

Cities across Texas will be devastated by
loss of traveler revenues captured by the
State concessions located on the Corridor.

Counties and School Districts will loose
approximately 146 acres of taxable land every
mile of the Trans-Texas Corridor that passes
through their jurisdiction.
DOCUMENTS
Planning Documents
CINTRA's Proposal

Legal Documents
         Texas House Bills
         Texas Senate Bills
     Joint Resolutions

Research Documents
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