Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Trans Texas Corridor Update



TTC-35 DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (DEIS) ISSUED.

It’s out – and look out! The Federal Highway Administration has now released the Draft EIS for TTC-35 which includes 521 miles of toll road that TxDOT and Cintra Zachry want to see open by 2015.

In the path, as it has been narrowed today, are more than one and a half million acres of prime farm land, almost one million people, three major aquifers, more than 8 thousand acres of public park land, and more than 100 acres of federally recognized historic sites. From North to South the Recommended Preferred Corridor Alternative impacts these counties: Cooke, Grayson, Collin, Hunt*, Rockwall, Kaufman, Dallas*, Ellis, Navarro*, Hill, Limestone*, McLennan, Falls, Bell, Williamson, Travis, Bastrop*, Caldwell, Guadalupe, Bexar, Wilson*, Medina, Frio, LaSalle, and Webb. ( * Path could avoid these counties)

CorridorWatch.org will provide county-by-county TTC-35 maps in the very near future.

TTC-35 April 2006 DEIS Map (4MB)

Full DEIS Document

More analysis and detail from CorridorWatch coming in the next few days. -- CorridorWatch.org BULLETIN #2 04.04.06 submitted by Stacie Bednorz.

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