May 28, 2004

• CorridorWatch.org membership expands into another county. We now have members in fifty-four Texas counties! [more]

May 27, 2004

• The front page headline of today's The Weimar Mercury reads, "Fayette Co. Fighting Huge Corridor Plan." The two and one-half page article describes the TTC and several of the new property rights concerns that it raises.  [more]

May 24, 2004

• Fayette County Commissioner's Court officially adopts a Resolution in opposition to the Trans-Texas Corridor. [text]

• A story in the Tyler Daily Telegraph shares concern about public participation in the Trans-Texas Corridor project.  [more]

• CorridorWatch.org founder Linda Stall participates in the TTC-35 Tier-I meeting in Bastrop.

May 23, 2004

• Transportation Commission Chairman Ric Williamson authors a guest opinion/editorial in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. In this very lengthy piece he touches on the Trans-Texas Corridor. The first of four primary funding options he lists,  is comprehensive development agreements. He also goes on to describe that, "funding options include leasing right-of-way." [link]

May 22, 2004

• CorridorWatch.org membership expands into another county. We now have members in fifty-three Texas counties! [more]

May 17, 2004

• A headline in this month's The Sentinel reads, "Trans-Texas Corridor and the New Eminent Domain." The two and one-half page article describes the TTC and several of the new property rights concerns that it raises. The article includes a quote from Linda Stall of CorridorWatch.org and points readers to the CorridorWatch.org website. [more]

May 12, 2004

• A headline in today's Corsican Daily Sun reads, "Residents express dismay over transportation issue: Proposed corridor met with opposition." It was reported that, "No local residents voicing support of the proposed project could be found in attendance." [more]

May 7, 2004

• CorridorWatch.org membership growth continues with the addition of new members and another county. We now have members in fifty-two Texas counties! [more]

May 6, 2004

• CorridorWatch.org has its 10,000th homepage visitor!

May 4, 2004

• A story in today's Gainesville Daily Register is headlined, "TXDOT hears comments." They reported that "area landowners were not shy about giving their opinions."  [more]

April 27, 2004

• An article, "Taking Its Toll: Is the state's massive new transportation plan a path to the future or a road to nowhere?" appears on page 76 of the May 2004 issue of Texas Monthly.  The article questions several aspects of the Trans Texas Corridor, but merely scratches the surface. Hopefully it will spur readers to do a little research of their own. (Welcome to CorridorWatch.org!)

• The draft agenda for the April 29, 2004, Texas Transportation Commission suggests that the Commission may issue a Minute Order authorizing the Executive Director or his designee to enter into necessary agreements to acquire the Camino Colombia toll road. [more]

• CorridorWatch.org has reviewed TxDOT's sign-in sheets from the March 23, 2004 public hearing in LaGrange, Texas. Sixty-three pages list 703 participants. Since we were there and know that many participants refused or just didn't sign-in, we're still estimating 750 to 800 in attendance. [more]

• As of today CorridorWatch.org has members in fifty Texas counties! [more]

April 25, 2004

• CorridorWatch.org membership leaps forward! Add four more counties (one member moves from Upton County, but we gain five other counties). We now have members in forty-eight Texas counties! We also now have members who are elected city/county officials in five counties. [more]

April 23, 2004

• CorridorWatch.org membership growth continues with the addition of new members and another county. We now have members in forty-four Texas counties! [more]

April 22, 2004

• A letter to the editor of The Banner Press from Sara Muras of Fayette County appears in today's issue. The letter encourages the public to share their objections about the Trans-Texas Corridor with everyone, especially TxDOT. [letter]

April 16, 2004

• CorridorWatch.org membership growth continues with the addition of new members and two more counties. We now have members in forty-three Texas counties! [more]

April 15, 2004

• Story in today's The Victoria Advocate reads, "Some voice ire at Trans-Texas Corridor proposal." In the article it was reported that, "some area residents voiced concerns over property rights and a lack of necessity for the road." The article included quotes from by Linda and David Stall of CorridorWatch.org about the Trans Texas Corridor. [more]

• A letter to the editor of The Victoria Advocate from David Stall of CorridorWatch.org appears in today's issue. The letter is in response to a guest editorial of TxDOT Executive Director Michael Behrens that appears in The Victoria Advocate on April 3, 2004. [link]

• CorridorWatch.org leadership attends the TTC/I-69 Tier I scoping study public meeting in Rosenberg, Texas.

April 13, 2004

• CorridorWatch.org leadership attends the TTC/I-69 Tier I scoping study public meeting in Victoria, Texas.

April 12, 2004

• CorridorWatch.org membership growth continues with the addition of new members and another county. We now have members in forty-one Texas counties! [more]

April 8, 2004

• A story in today's Tyler Morning Telegraph is headlined, "TxDOT provides public a chance to give its input." The article discusses that very few (less than 50) people participated in the Tyler environmental  meeting for a district 614,000 population.  [more]

• CorridorWatch.org membership growth continues with the addition of many new members and the addition of two more counties. We now have members in forty Texas counties! [more]

April 7, 2004

• Transportation Commissioner Robert Nichols says CorridorWatch.org is using scare tactics. We respond.  [more]

• A top story in today's Tyler Morning Telegraph is headlined, "TxDOT project scrutinized." The story includes information about CorridorWatch.org and 'state officials' label our critical view as a scare tactic based on misinformation. [more]

• TxDOT Executive Director Michael Behrens submits a letter to the The Colorado County Citizen editor. In his letter Behrens continues  addressing questions raised about the Trans-Texas Corridor at the March 23rd meeting in LaGrange. [full text]

• CorridorWatch.org responds to TxDOT Executive Director Michael Behrens' April 7, 2004, letter to the The Colorado County Citizen editor.  [more]

April 6, 2004

• Initial Trans-Texas Corridor segments have been given the temporary designation TTC-35 and TTC-69.

• The TTC-35 environmental process is underway. The schedule published by TxDOT shows that a Comprehensive Development Agreement (contract for design, construction, & operation) to be awarded sometime between Fall 2004 to Winter 2005.  [link]

• Counties in the TTC-35 Tier I Study Area include Gonzales, Bastrop, Fayette, Lee, Milam, Falls Limestone, Navarro, Hill and many more. [link]

• CorridorWatch.org membership growth continues with more new members and another new county. We now have members in thirty-eight Texas counties! [more]

April 5, 2004

• CorridorWatch.org membership growth continues with the addition of many new members and the addition of two more counties. We now have members in thirty-seven Texas counties! [more]

April 1, 2004

• Front page headline of today's The Banner Press reads, "TxDOT defends corridor plan to packed house in LaGrange." The lead front page story includes information about CorridorWatch.org.

• TxDOT Executive Director Michael Behrens' submits a letter to the The Banner Press editor. In his letter Behrens acknowledged the community concern about the Trans-Texas Corridor and that he will be addressing questions raise in this and additional letters to be published over the next few weeks. [full text]

• CorridorWatch.org responds to TxDOT Executive Director Michael Behrens' April 1, 2004, letter to the The Banner Press editor.  [more]

• CorridorWatch.org membership growth continues with the addition of Runnels County, our thirty-fifth Texas county! [more]

March 30, 2004

• Front page headline of today's The Fayette County Record reads, "Anger At TxDOT And Transportation Commission Exhibited At Corridor Meeting." Lead story and front page photograph of the full house in LaGrange. "Most of those in the crowd seemed dissatisfied with what they heard and berated [TxDOT Executive Director] Behrens several times for not answering the questions." [more]

• CorridorWatch.org membership growth continues with the addition of a member in Maverick County, our thirty-fourth Texas county! [more]

March 29, 2004

• At their regular monthly meeting, the Water Research Group in Victoria (Victoria County) adopted an amendment to their Mission Statement formally adding their opposition to the Trans-Texas Corridor.

March 27, 2004

• More than five years of Texas Transportation Commission meeting transcripts have been added to the CorridorWatch.org website. The full text of these transcripts is indexed by our search engine. See home page for search box. [transcripts]

March 26, 2004

• CorridorWatch.org membership growth continues to accelerate with members in thirty-three Texas counties! [more]

• A search engine is added to the CorridorWatch.org website. This feature will help visitors quickly locate information. See home page.

March 25, 2004

• The March 23rd Trans Texas Corridor hearing in LaGrange and CorridorWatch.org receive newspaper exposure on today's front page of the Victoria Advocate (Victoria County). The story is titled, "Fayette farmers say no to transportation proposal," [more]

• The LaGrange hearing is the topic of a front page headline story in today's The Weimar Mercury (Colorado County) reads, "Trans Texas Corridor Opposition Strong."   [more]

March 24, 2004

• A letter to the editor of The Navasota Examiner from Tonya Britton of Navasota appears in today's issue. The letter warns the public of the impact that the Trans-Texas Corridor will have, especially to rural Texas. [letter]

March 23, 2004

• An estimated 800 crowded the Community Center in LaGrange to ask questions and voice concerns about the Trans Texas Corridor. [more] [photos]

• New information added about failed Laredo Toll Road. [link]

March 20, 2004

• CorridorWatch.org and the March 23rd meeting in LaGrange receives more newspaper exposure. Sunday's issue of the Brenham Banner-Press (Washington County) hit the stands carrying a front page story, "Second meeting scheduled on 'superhighways'."  [more]

• CorridorWatch.org membership growth accelerates with members now in thirty Texas counties! [more]

• White Paper on Privatization is added to the CorridorWatch.org website courtesy of Wayne State University Law Professor Ellen J. Dannin. [more]

March 19, 2004

• Radio station KULM-FM (Colorado County) news reported concerns about the Trans Texas Corridor are receiving statewide news coverage. [more]

March 17, 2004

• Fayette County Judge Ed Janecka appears on the Texas State Network News (radio network) calling attention to the Trans Texas Corridor opposition.  [more]

• Sierra Club expresses concern over special 'experimental project' status granted the Trans Texas Corridor. [more]

• CorridorWatch.org receives more newspaper exposure. Front page headline of the Colorado County Citizen reads, "Stalls call attention to corridor problems." [more]

• CorridorWatch.org membership extends into three more counties! Add Bandera, Bailey and Tarrant Counties. [more]

March 16, 2004

• Transportation Commission Chairman Ric Williamson held an 11am Austin press conference today with Federal Highway Administrator Mary Peters to announce 'experimental project' designation for a portion of the Trans Texas Corridor.  Under this streamlined process public hearings will not have to be completed before work on the Corridor can begin.  [more]

• CorridorWatch.org responds to the Federal Highway Administration's Trans Texas Corridor (IH-35) 'experimental project' designation with comments from Linda Stall appearing in today's Fort Worth Star-Telegram and The Miami Herald.  [more]

• Linda Stall made a presentation to the LaGrange Lions Club and encouraged attendance at TxDOT's March 23rd TTC Public Hearing in LaGrange.

• CorridorWatch.org membership extends into Brazos County, our twenty-second county!  [more]

March 15, 2004

• A portion of the Trans Texas Corridor (IH-35) will be designated an 'experimental project' by the Federal Highway Administration. In an effort to speed the Trans Texas Corridor construction Federal environmental restrictions will be loosened. This action will be announced in Austin March 16 by Federal Highway Administrator Mary Peters. During a state Senate committee hearing today, Peters said, "With the Trans Texas Corridor plan, Texas offers a bold concept for surface transportation that can provide a model for other states to follow."

March 13, 2004

• CorridorWatch.org has been busy doing lots of research... Look at this quote from Transportation Commissioner Ric Williamson, "The truth is this is a 50-year plan with an emphasis on the first ten years to get moving and to focus on the primary corridors as quickly as possible to relieve congestion and move hazardous material out of our current urbanized areas." (June 27, 2002) [more]

• CorridorWatch.org membership now extends into Wharton County, it's our twentieth county!  [more]

March 12, 2004

• CorridorWatch.org receives additional radio exposure in advance of the TxDOT public hearing in LaGrange. AM Radio 1280 KWHI in Brenham interviewed Linda Stall for the second time. Her comments about the Trans Texas Corridor hearing in LaGrange and CorridorWatch.org will air on the local news Monday, March 15.

• The Fayette County Record prints a front page story  titled, "TxDOT Schedules Second Meeting In County." [more]

• Today's Banner Press publicizes the March 23rd Trans Texas Corridor hearing in LaGrange.  [more]

• The Official CorridorWatch.org Mission Statement and position is posted.  [more]

• Fayette County Groundwater Conservation District adds a CorridorWatch.org link to their website.  [link]

• After only two weeks, CorridorWatch.org membership extends into twenty Texas counties!  [more]

March 11, 2004

• CorridorWatch.org membership extends into nineteen Texas counties!  [more]

• The Schulenburg Sticker features a front page headline story  titled, "Additional meeting called for on Trans-Texas Corridor project." The story ends with a reference to CorridorWatch.org.  [more]

• Today's Weimar Mercury publicizes the March 23rd Trans Texas Corridor hearing in LaGrange.  Front page article titled, "Trans-Texas Corridor Public Meeting March 23."  [more]

March 10, 2004

• CorridorWatch.org membership extends into eighteen Texas counties!  [more]

March 9, 2004

• CorridorWatch.org membership now extends into sixteen Texas counties!  [more]

• Only sixteen days after going on the Internet, CorridorWatch.org is indexed by Google™, our favorite search engine.

• At 10:19 a.m. TxDOT added the LaGrange Public Hearing to the list of hearings on their TTC website. [link]

March 8, 2004

• CorridorWatch.org is the subject of an article that ran in today's transportation column of the Star-Telegram newspaper (Ft.Worth). The piece is titled, "Corridor foes use Internet as soapbox." [more]

• CorridorWatch.org membership now extends into fifteen Texas counties!  [more]

March 7, 2004

• The CorridorWatch.org cause is featured in today's Sunday edition of the Austin American-Statesman newspaper (Metro & State section, front page). In the article titled, "Transportation corridor plans stir Centeral Texans' rural revolt," CorridorWatch.org founder Linda Stall is credited with having, "... turned into something of a nightmare for the state Transportation Department."  [more] [our reply to TxDOT comments]

• CorridorWatch.org is Two Weeks Old Today! We are off to a good start. The next two weeks will be very important in establishing our effort as a serious statewide concern. We have a plan and we're on schedule. Stay Tuned!

• CorridorWatch.org membership extends into fourteen Texas counties!  [more]

March 6, 2004

An overview page providing a description of the Trans Texas Corridor was added for those unfamiliar with the project.  [link]

March 5, 2004

• CorridorWatch.org membership extends into eleven Texas counties!  [more]

March 4, 2004