TxDOT RELEASES PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULE
FOCUSING ON THE TTC-35 PREFERRED CORRIDOR ALTERNATIVE ROUTE

We now have the list of dates and locations for the next 54 hearing that TxDOT will hold along the TTC-35 route. This series of Public Hearings will begin July 10, 2006 and conclude on August 10, 2006. (below)

It is important for the public to participate in this process to provide input and express concerns that they may have. However, it is equally important to understand that this is an environmental process mandated by the federal government. TxDOT has held more than 100 meetings as part of the environmental process. It is not a process by which the State of Texas will determine whether or not to build the TTC, that decision has already been made (without your input).

There was never as much as a single meeting to solicit public input on the of the Trans-Texas Corridor concept or plan before it was made policy. Proceeding with the TTC was the unilateral decision of Governor Perry and has been faithfully implemented by the Texas Transportation Commission.

Your comments on this project are not limited to wildlife, endangered species and pollution (air, water, ground, noise, etc.).  While all of those are important and certainly a part of the process the scope of a highway environmental impact study is much broader.

Here are just a few of the other issues of concern:

• Impact on local communities (jobs, effect on local traffic routes, etc.).

• Cemeteries and historical sites (including unmarked and private family plots).

• Social impact (cost of tolls, disruption of communities, etc.).

• Economic impact (competition with local commerce, loss of traffic associated business, etc.).

• Community objection to project.

All meetings open at 5:00 p.m. with presentations beginning at 6:30 p.m.

[ TTC-35 DEIS Map - April 2006 (4MB) ]

[ Full DEIS Document - April 2006 - KeepTexasMoving.com ]