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Trans-Texas Corridor (view source)
Revision as of 14:08, September 26, 2014
, 14:08, September 26, 2014cancelled
The '''Trans-Texas Corridor''' ('''TTC''') was a toll road to run north-and-south through [[Texas]]. The state announced in January, 2009, it would not be built; critics called it a boondoggle and a threat to American nationalism.
The '''Trans-Texas Corridor''' ('''TTC''') was a [[toll road]] to run north-and-south through [[Texas]]. The state announced in January, 2009, it would not be built; critics called it a boondoggle and a threat to American nationalism.
[[File:Trans-texas.jpg|thumb|150px]]
[[File:Trans-texas.jpg|thumb|150px]]
==Plans==
==Plans==
The Trans-Texas Corridor will be the first leg of what has been dubbed the NAFTA Super Highway to go all the way to Canada. Critics said it would allow the United States to merge into a North American economy.
The Trans-Texas Corridor will be the first leg of what has been dubbed the NAFTA Super Highway to go all the way to Canada. Critics said it would allow the United States to merge into a North American economy.
In 2011, the Texas Legislature passed HB 1201 to formally cancel the Trans-Texas Corridor.<ref>http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=82R&Bill=HB1201</ref>
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* [http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2009/01/07/01072009wacttc.html# Tim Woods, "State officials scrap Trans-Texas Corridor," ''Waco Tribune-Herald'' Jan. 07, 2009]
* [http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2009/01/07/01072009wacttc.html# Tim Woods, "State officials scrap Trans-Texas Corridor," ''Waco Tribune-Herald'' Jan. 07, 2009]
[http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/NorthAmerica_TF_final.pdf Council on Foreign Relations proposal for a North American Union].
[http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/NorthAmerica_TF_final.pdf Council on Foreign Relations proposal for a North American Union].
==References==
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[[category:transportation]]
[[category:transportation]]
[[category:Texas]]
[[category:Texas]]