Toll plan tossed: 'Any area that is not along an existing highway will not be considered'
The $184 billion TTC project originally called for a 4,000-mile network of transportation corridors, 1,200 feet wide, to be built across Texas. The plan would have taken about a half million agricultural acres out of private hands, leading to a maelstrom of objections from Texas landowners. .... 'This is good news about a retreat from the corridor,' Kolkhorst said, 'but the controversy over how we pay for our roads will continue. We need to stay strong against the forces out there who want to sell off our highway infrastructure to foreign sources.' ...
