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The '''Trans-Texas Corridor''' ('''TTC''') is a toll road to run north-and-south through [[Texas]] to be operated exclusively for at least 50 years by a Spanish company, Cintra Concesiones de Infraestructuras de Transporte, S.A.

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.

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Construction is planned to begin later this year.  This highway would bisect [[Texas]] from [[Oklahoma]] to its border with [[Mexico]] with a 10-lane limited-access road to parallel Interstate 35. It would have three lanes each way for passenger cars, two express lanes each way for trucks, rail lines both ways for people and freight, plus a utility corridor for oil and natural gas pipelines, electric towers, cables for communication, and telephone lines.

This highway would bisect [[Texas]] from [[Oklahoma]] to its border with [[Mexico]] with a 10-lane limited-access road to parallel Interstate 35. It would have three lanes each way for passenger cars, two express lanes each way for trucks, rail lines both ways for people and freight, plus a utility corridor for oil and natural gas pipelines, electric towers, cables for communication, and telephone lines.

This project requires taking 584,000 acres of farm and ranch land at an estimated cost of $11 billion to $30 billion - property then lost from the tax rolls of counties and school districts.

This project would take 584,000 acres of farm and ranch land at an estimated cost of $11 billion to $30 billion - property then lost from the tax rolls of counties and school districts.

The Trans-Texas Corridor will be the first leg of what has been dubbed the NAFTA Super Highway to go through heartland [[America]] all the way to Canada. This would be a major lifeline of the plan to merge the United States into a North American Community.

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.

* [http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/010609dnmetttc.43c00ac6.html Michael A. Lindenberger, "Trans Texas Corridor Is Dead, Txdot Says," ''The Dallas Morning News,'' Jan. 6, 2009]

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