Keep the pressure on to KILL SB 1730. The tricks and deception continue. URGENT action Items below! Please get out to your network…pass onto media, too!
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Roads included in the bill:
-I-35 (many segments), I-820, Hwy 183, US 67, Hwy 114, Loop 12, Loop 9 (in DFW)
-Hwy 290, SH 99/Grand Pkwy, Hwy 288 (in Houston)
-Hwy 183, MoPac (in Austin)
-Loop 1604 (in San Antonio)
-Loop 375 & NE Pkwy (in El Paso)
-Loop 49 (in Tyler)
-Hidalgo County Loop, Outer Pkwy Project, Int’l Bridge Project, & COMMUTER RAIL PROJECTS (in Hidalgo & Cameron counties)
-South Padre Island Second Access Causeway Project (in South Padre)
-Hwy 181 Harbor Bridge Project (in Corpus Christi)
Also authorizes them to combine one of the above road projects with a RAIL project (just like the Trans Texas Corridor did!). Indeed, PPPs/CDAs are the financing mechanism of the Trans Texas Corridor. As long as PPPs/CDAs are still alive, the Trans Texas Corridor is alive!