Clueless in Greenville
City may support Trans-Texas Corridor plan
July 17, 2006
By BRAD KELLAR
Rockwall County Herald Banner
Copyright 2006
Hunt County residents have their chance tonight to offer their thoughts on the proposed route of the Trans-Texas Corridor, which could pass through the Caddo Mills area.
City of Greenville officials aren’t adverse to the idea, as long as Majors Field Municipal Airport has a chance to connect to the superhighway project.
“We’re not opposing the Trans-Texas Corridor, but we are looking for the opportunity to take advantage of it and take advantage of our existing assets in the future,” according to City Manager Karen Daly.
A public hearing on the Corridor is scheduled to begin with an open house at 5 p.m., and the meeting itself starting at 6:30 p.m. in the Fletcher Warren Civic Center.
The latest map of the preferred route of the section of the Trans-Texas Corridor, referred to as TTC-35, stretching from Oklahoma to Mexico, shows the eastern edge of the path passing through Caddo Mills and stretching westward across Rockwall County to Lake Lavon.
The route takes in the very western edge of Hunt County, including Caddo Mills and the Caddo Mills airport, before shifting southwest.
The majority of the route still passes through Rockwall County, with Royse City sitting dead center in the Corridor’s trajectory.
The Trans-Texas Corridor is a multi-use, statewide network of transportation routes designed to incorporate existing and new highways, railways and utility zone. Each route would include separate lanes for passenger vehicles and large trucks, freight railways, high-speed commuter railways and infrastructure for utilities.
Daly told the City Council last week that the exact route of the Corridor is still unknown, but that the plan calls for access to Interstate 30 and any crossing state highways.
“But it won’t connect to Farm-To-Market or county roads,” Daly said.
Daly’s primary interest in the project now is the freight rail traffic which would travel along the Corridor between Dallas and Austin.
“We really think this is an opportunity we want to make sure we have a door open on,” Daly said.
Majors Field already does some freight business and Daly said there is a good chance the airport could continue to grow its freight operations, if there was a connection to a rail service.
“And what better place to connect your rail to, than a freight rail superhighway which is being built through the State of Texas,” Daly asked.
The City of Greenville would encourage the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to consider such “intermodal connectivity” as part of the overall Corridor project in the future, Daly said. She also asked Mayor Tom Oliver to address the topic during tonight’s meeting.
The complete draft environmental impact statement for TTC-35 is available on www.keeptexasmoving.org.
© 2006 Rockwall County Herald Banner : www.heraldbanner.com
July 17, 2006
By BRAD KELLAR
Rockwall County Herald Banner
Copyright 2006
Hunt County residents have their chance tonight to offer their thoughts on the proposed route of the Trans-Texas Corridor, which could pass through the Caddo Mills area.
City of Greenville officials aren’t adverse to the idea, as long as Majors Field Municipal Airport has a chance to connect to the superhighway project.
“We’re not opposing the Trans-Texas Corridor, but we are looking for the opportunity to take advantage of it and take advantage of our existing assets in the future,” according to City Manager Karen Daly.
A public hearing on the Corridor is scheduled to begin with an open house at 5 p.m., and the meeting itself starting at 6:30 p.m. in the Fletcher Warren Civic Center.
The latest map of the preferred route of the section of the Trans-Texas Corridor, referred to as TTC-35, stretching from Oklahoma to Mexico, shows the eastern edge of the path passing through Caddo Mills and stretching westward across Rockwall County to Lake Lavon.
The route takes in the very western edge of Hunt County, including Caddo Mills and the Caddo Mills airport, before shifting southwest.
The majority of the route still passes through Rockwall County, with Royse City sitting dead center in the Corridor’s trajectory.
The Trans-Texas Corridor is a multi-use, statewide network of transportation routes designed to incorporate existing and new highways, railways and utility zone. Each route would include separate lanes for passenger vehicles and large trucks, freight railways, high-speed commuter railways and infrastructure for utilities.
Daly told the City Council last week that the exact route of the Corridor is still unknown, but that the plan calls for access to Interstate 30 and any crossing state highways.
“But it won’t connect to Farm-To-Market or county roads,” Daly said.
Daly’s primary interest in the project now is the freight rail traffic which would travel along the Corridor between Dallas and Austin.
“We really think this is an opportunity we want to make sure we have a door open on,” Daly said.
Majors Field already does some freight business and Daly said there is a good chance the airport could continue to grow its freight operations, if there was a connection to a rail service.
“And what better place to connect your rail to, than a freight rail superhighway which is being built through the State of Texas,” Daly asked.
The City of Greenville would encourage the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to consider such “intermodal connectivity” as part of the overall Corridor project in the future, Daly said. She also asked Mayor Tom Oliver to address the topic during tonight’s meeting.
The complete draft environmental impact statement for TTC-35 is available on www.keeptexasmoving.org.
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