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Resolution Opposing
the Trans-Texas Corridor
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS,
House Bill 3588 was passed which gave the
Transportation Commission the authority to
create the Trans Texas Corridor, and
WHEREAS,
the Trans Texas Corridor Is the Governor's
vision of interstate transportation
corridors which would traverse Texas, and
WHEREAS,
each corridor could be as much as a quarter
of a mile wide with multiple vehicle lanes
and train transportation and right-of-way
property within the corridor, and
WHEREAS,
if the Trans Texas Corridor was built it
would negatively affect rural Texas,
splitting farms and ranches, uproot
wildlife, have a negative impact on the
local economy and would create pollution and
trash, and
WHEREAS,
the placement of concentrated resource
conveyances in the corridor will better
enable terrorists to attack these resources
and disable them, especially in remote
areas, and
WHEREAS,
the technology which the Trans Texas
Corridor is using outmoded technology, and
we strongly believe that other sources of
transportation and technology should be
considered and existing right-of-way could
be used, and
WHEREAS,
the entire cost of this project is estimated
to be 184 billion dollars, and
WHEREAS,
we do not understand the necessity of such
an immense project that would so negatively
impact the most precious resource that this
State has
THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE El Campo Chamber
of Commerce & Agriculture goes on record in
opposition to the building of the Trans
Texas Corridor.
Approved and
adopted 13th day of September 2004.
/ signed / Becca Socha,
President
/ signed / Martha Cerny,
Chairman
/ signed / Gerry Graham,
First Vice-Chair
/ signed / Diane Barger,
Chair Elect & Financial Officer
/ signed / Donna Howard,
Second Vice-Chair
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