ROTCC Consensus Statement

It is the consensus of the River of Trade Corridor Coalition (ROTCC) that an initiative be launched to unify all entitles interested in preserving the trade industry's use of the historic and traditional Texas NAFTA trade corridor (the Corridor).

The Corridor Is defined as the route running from the Texas-Mexico border in Laredo / Webb County north along IH-35 to the intersection at IH-35E in Hill County, then northeasterly to the Intersection at IH-20 in Dallas County, then east to the intersection at IH-635, then north to the intersection at IH-30, then northeasterly to its terminus in Texarkana / Bowie County at the Texas -Arkansas border.

This initiative includes strategies to increase public awareness of today's urgent Corridor-related issues facing approximately 10 million people who live and work in the 61 counties along the existing Corridor and whose economies are dependent upon the millions of dollars per year in revenue generated along this route by the trade industry; create a Texas State Legislative and U.S. Congressional caucus to work with the coalition and protect the interest of communities along the Corridor; and to work with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and other departments of the Texas State government to develop a NAFTA trade corridor plan which supports the historic and traditional Corridor.