Town Halls and Public Hearings for I-69 Corridor

TXDOT will be having town hall meetings and public hearings about the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the I-69 corridor. The schedule can be found HERE.

If you get a chance, read through the EIS. It can be found HERE. If possible, come to the meeting with specific questions and concerns. The more specific your concern is the more likely it can be addressed and not just shrugged off as a general comment. Ask direct questions if you expect direct answers. If possible, cite particular statements or parts of the Environmental Impact Statement.

If you are unable to read through the EIS attend the meeting anyway and listen to the concerns of others. If you have general concerns voice those as well. Let them hear you.

Yes, you need to attend. No, you will not get answers if you go to the meeting. What do I mean? Well, if past meetings are any indicator, TXDOT will do everything in its power to ignore your opinion. From booking meeting rooms that don't hold enough people so they can 'legitimately' turn people away, to publicly ridiculing people who stand up and voice opposition to the plan. Don't let them get away with it. They work for you and should be expected to listen to and answer your concerns.

Please attend! Forget about moratoriums and everything that happened last summer. Make sure your opinion is heard and recorded.

Proof that HB1892 guts the TTC

I've said it many times. HB1892 is our best chance to put an end to the Trans Texas Corridor. Sure, it only contains a two year moratorium. But the provisions allowing local metro tolling authorities control and operate toll roads in their areas is what cripples the TTC.

Click here for the proof.

An alliance formed years ago to advance the development of Hwy 59 from Houston to Laredo into an interstate, I69, is falling apart over HB1892. The alliance has encouraged Governor Perry to veto HB1892. Harris County Toll Road Authority, likely its biggest contributor and member, is about to drop out of the alliance over the alliance's stance that Perry should issue the veto. HCTRA wants local control. The alliance realizes that if HCTRA has local control, then the toll road in other areas, probably won't get built.

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT!

Go ahead and veto it Rick 'King' Perry.

To the rest of us. Call your Senator and Representative and reiterate your support of HB1892. We are literally a week or two away from getting what we've been hoping for. Let's push this one over the goal line.