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Trans Texas Corridor is declared dead -- again

Submitted by Web Roundup | Thu, 10/08/2009 - 04:34

Published October 6, 2009 by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

By Gordon Dickson / Star-Telegram

The Texas Department of Transportation has formally pulled the plug on the Trans Texas Corridor, a hotly contested plan to build toll roads, rail lines and utilities across the state, officials said.

But the state’s once-lofty plan to build $184 billion worth of new statewide infrastructure promises to live on in the governor’s race, where the need to reduce gridlock is often pitted against issues such as property rights, the impact of tolls on residents’ pocketbooks and foreign control of toll projects.