On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Darryl and Natalia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Below is yet another proposal outline to further bankrupt the U.S. >economy.( It was reprinted by FromTheWilderness.com.for research and >educational purposes.) Not only will these super-highways occupy up to >twelve lanes of current privately owned residential and/or wildlife >stretches, but they will become the most boring, lifeless, noisiest and >polluted corridors of transportation ever. And it appears that there >will be no public input whatsoever about their installation. Thank you, >Mr. Bush! > [...]
> INTERNATIONALIZING U.S. ROADS > > Phyllis Spivey > June 10, 2005 > NewsWithViews.com > http://www.newswithviews.com/Spivey/phyllis3.htm > [...] > In Texas, I-69 will be part of the Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC) >project - a 4000 mile network of existing and new toll roads - which will >create the largest private highway system in America. Interstate 35, also >called the Oklahoma to Mexico/Gulf Coast element, will be developed as >part of the TTC. > > Plans call for the TTC to be 1200 feet wide with 10 vehicle lanes >(three passenger vehicle lanes in each direction), truck lanes (two in >each direction), six rail lines (three in each direction), two tracks for >high-speed passenger rail, two for commuter rail and two for freight. The >corridor will include a 200 feet right-of-way for oil, gas, electric and >water lines. [...] > In 2003, the Texas Department of Transportation sent >representatives to Europe to find "partners," visiting London, Paris, >Rome, Madrid and Barcelona. By December 2004, Texas had selected a >Spanish firm to finance and build the first segment of the TTC. In March >2005, Department of Transportation officials, joined by Governor Perry >and Federal Highway Administrator Mary Peters, signed a 342-page >agreement with the firm. Sounds like a pretty good deal to me. Get them to build the high speed rail first. If they're smart, they'll see the writing on the wall and pass on the highway when it becomes clear no one will be driving with $15/gal gas, certainly not more than existing free ways can handle. If they're too stupid to see that, they'll go broke trying anyway, and you can pick up the assets cheap. Either way you get a new high speed rail corridor or two; best bet would be to try to drive one of these projects up each coast, but I guess an Ohio/Mississippi valley line would have some use as well. Clever of these guys to conceive of this project to bankrupt foreign capital suppliers... -Pete _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
