“Many people realize this is a rip off of Texas citizens and we're doing our best to stop it.”
Texas Landowners Protest Superhighway Plan
September 30, 2006
nbc5i.com
(Dallas/Fort Worth)
Copyright 2006
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Protestors turned out across the state Saturday to voice their concerns about the multi-billion dollar Trans-Texas corridor.
The 4,000-mile highway is being developed, in part, to relieve traffic on Interstate 35.
The corridor would be three times wider than the average highway, wide enough for cars, trucks and trains. It would also be used as a route for utility lines.
However, not everyone supports the plan for a highway that would run from Mexico to Oklahoma, because in order to make this ambitious project a reality the state will have to take land through eminent domain.
“Many people realize this is a rip off of Texas citizens and we're doing our best to stop it,” said Russ Russell of Grapevine.
Protestors say people shouldn't have to give up land that has been in their families for generations.
“The people are entitled to their land and their homes,” Arlington resident Jerry Pikulinski said.
But it’s not just the land that's an issue, said Tarrant county resident Beth Kisor.
“I am very disturbed about roads being taken after they've been paid for by taxes and become toll roads.”
Still North Texas transportation leaders support the project saying if the infrastructure isn't improved, the Texas economy will decline.
© 2006 NBC Universal Inc.: www.nbc5i.com
September 30, 2006
nbc5i.com
(Dallas/Fort Worth)
Copyright 2006
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Protestors turned out across the state Saturday to voice their concerns about the multi-billion dollar Trans-Texas corridor.
The 4,000-mile highway is being developed, in part, to relieve traffic on Interstate 35.
The corridor would be three times wider than the average highway, wide enough for cars, trucks and trains. It would also be used as a route for utility lines.
However, not everyone supports the plan for a highway that would run from Mexico to Oklahoma, because in order to make this ambitious project a reality the state will have to take land through eminent domain.
“Many people realize this is a rip off of Texas citizens and we're doing our best to stop it,” said Russ Russell of Grapevine.
Protestors say people shouldn't have to give up land that has been in their families for generations.
“The people are entitled to their land and their homes,” Arlington resident Jerry Pikulinski said.
But it’s not just the land that's an issue, said Tarrant county resident Beth Kisor.
“I am very disturbed about roads being taken after they've been paid for by taxes and become toll roads.”
Still North Texas transportation leaders support the project saying if the infrastructure isn't improved, the Texas economy will decline.
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posted by Porkus Maximus Tex: at Saturday, September 30, 2006
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