FHWA grants public more time to critique Trinity toll road plans
When it comes to the Trinity toll road, much of the attention lately has focused on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and its worries about the levees between which the city would like to run the toll...
View ArticlePublic v. private toll roads: Here we go again
Thanks, dear readers, for your engagement in the toll road stories we’ve been cranking out over the past few days. It’s a big story, with implications for state and national policy makers as well as...
View ArticleNTTA set to open part of the next phase of 121 ahead of schedule
The Sam Rayburn Tollway is about to get a little longer, and a little sooner than previously expected. NTTA announced today it will open a new segment of the toll road, previously known as State...
View ArticleHigher speed limits approved for toll roads
The North Texas Tollway Authority has approved higher speed limits for many — but not all — toll road segments in the greater Dallas area. The changes were enacted by the NTTA board without dissent....
View ArticleReader questions free rides on NTTA roads
This question is from William Drenowatz, who has a detailed rundown of free stretches of toll roads, and he wonders why NTTA isn’t making them pay up. I’ll signal the folks at the toll road agency for...
View ArticleWhere is Kay Bailey Hutchison on transportation?
The DMN editorial board, for which I write, has slammed Rick Perry for a lot recently, like his handling of the Willingham capital murder case, his quip about the Texas recession and his visit site to...
View ArticleOne of KBH's favorite red herrings ...
… is the specter of “foreign money” — as in the Spanish company Cintra, which was in the hunt for the Trans-Texas Corridor project and the SH 121 project in Collin and Denton counties. Kay Bailey...
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Does Hutchison oppose Dallas' LBJ freeway project?
I am sending this question to her campaign staff to get a better understanding of which toll roads Kay Bailey Hutchison is for and which ones she is against. In slamming Perry for his Trans Texas...
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RTC chairman likes gas-tax focus for local-option plan
Here’s a transcript of a question-and-answer session I did with Tarrant County Judge Glen Whitley, who is chairman of the Regional Transportation Council for the North Central Texas Council of...
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Miklos flunks test in Toll Road 101
More distortion on the campaign trail involving toll roads and foreign money, along with nativist talk about keeping out foreigners (something that gets under my skin). This time it’s from Rep. Robert...
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