TxDOT is holding an important public hearing on Thursday, February 26 to solicit public feedback on the proposed elevated toll 'managed lanes' on IH-35 from IH-410 to Schertz.

If you don't want to pay 50 cents a mile to travel on this vital interstate, show-up and BE HEARD! Even if you never take the toll road, your tax money will build it and bail it out and trucks will pass their toll costs onto YOU through a higher cost of goods. The current MPO plan has I-35 marked for a public private partnership. Cintra is already heavily lobbying to snag this vital interstate - the biggest FREE competition near its failing SH 130 tollway  - allowing Cintra to control all routes north-south in Central Texas!

CAN YOU VOLUNTEER?
We need folks to help staff our table and pass out educational fliers to attendees. We also take email sign-ups and help direct folks to where they can offer comment (publicly at the microphone or to a court reporter/transcriber privately).

If you would like to help, please contact Sudie Sartor at sudiesartor@yahoo.com or (210) 488-5412.

AUSTIN -

The Capitol Area MPO (CAMPO) will be holding important public meetings on its long-range plan.

The fate of I-35 will be largely determined by what goes in this plan. Cintra wants to sink its teeth into I-35 and control all routes north-south in the central part of our state. I-35 is the life blood of commerce in Texas. We can't let it be tolled, much less fall into the hands of a foreign company!

So stay tuned and give feedback.

CAMPO staff, the Technical Advisory Committee, and the Transportation Policy Board are identifying and refining the mix of transportation projects that will form the backbone of the 2040 Plan. One focus of the 2040 Plan will be improving IH-35.  IH-35 in the CAMPO area consistently ranks in the Top 100 most congested roads in Texas.
 
Staff is currently drafting the 2040 Plan and looks forward to sharing it with the public in March 2015. Please see their calendar for more details.

DFW-

Proposition 1 Funding Recommendations
In November 2014, Texas voters approved Proposition 1, a constitutional amendment that provides a new source of state funding for the construction, maintenance and rehabilitation of public roadways in Texas. Toll roads and transit projects are not eligible to receive funds.

The Dallas-Fort Worth area is expected to receive about $367.6 million for projects this year, and transportation partners and local officials have worked diligently and with a sense of urgency to develop a list of potential projects to receive Proposition 1 funding. Projects must go to construction in 2015. This is a significant step toward meeting the unmet roadway funding needs in Texas, and input from the public is important. Staff will discuss the impact to the region, potential projects and an expedited schedule for decision-making.

SUBMIT COMMENTS TO: jstout@nctcog.org

ELLIS, GRIMES, WALLER, MONTGOMERY, LEON COUNTIES -

This looks an awful lot like the Trans Texas Corridor rail plan. The citizens that live in the path of the proposed Japanese-owned & operated High Speed Rail (HSR) line are joining together and using local government to stop HSR in Texas. Plans would mow down their homes and ranches to make way for a noisy high-speed rail track between Houston and Dallas. Find out more about their efforts at NO TEXAS HSR.com.

Continue to contact your elected officials and tell them to say 'No' to High Speed Rail in Texas. It'll inevitably be an affront to private property rights and a boondoggle leaving taxpayers holding the bag when this foreign corporation fails to make a profit.

Find out who represents you here.