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But moratorium exempts many North Texas projects April 19, 2007 By JAKE BATSELL / The Dallas Morning News AUSTIN - The movement to halt the privatizing of Texas toll roads gained even more momentum Thursday when the state Senate unanimously passed a two-year moratorium on private toll road contracts. But the Senate, much like the House last week, exempted most of North Texas' most prominent toll projects from the ban. Amendments adopted today would spare State Highway 121 in Collin and Denton counties from the moratorium, as well as State Highway 161 south of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and Loop 9 in southern Dallas County. The bill had already exempted the planned Trinity Parkway and tolled-lane projects including the LBJ Freeway and two others in Tarrant County. North Texas lawmakers once again argued that their traffic-choked region cannot afford any delay in relieving congestion. The Senate bill would apply to the controversial Trans-Texas Corridor, a statewide highway that would roughly parallel Interstate 35.
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