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City Development
Corporation of El Campo, Texas
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 would provide a
more accessible target for terrorists to attack
and disable; and
WHEREAS,
the Trans-Texas
Corridor is proposing the use of outmoded
technology, and we strongly believe that
newer technology on existing right-of-ways
would be a better method of using the State
of Texas' limited resources to improve
transportation capabilities; and
WHEREAS,
the Trans-Texas Corridor is estimated
to cost $184 billion, and
WHEREAS,
we do not believe that such
a costly project that would so negatively
impact rural communities and areas is wise.
THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED, that the City
Development Corporation of El Campo, Texas goes on record in
opposition to the Trans-Texas Corridor and
urges the repeal of all authorization and
powers granted to the Texas Transportation
Commission and the Texas Department of
Transportation for the construction and
operation of the Trans-Texas Corridor,
especially those given through H.B. 3588.
/ signed / William R.
Jenkins, III,
President
/ signed / Gwen Dohner
Willis,
Vice President
/ signed / Carl W. Foshee,
Secretary / Treasurer
/ signed / Robert L.
Perez, Board Member
/ signed / J. J. Croix,
Board Member
/ signed / Earl R. Joy,
CED, Executive Director
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September 20, 2004 ]
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