IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Grassroots call for lawmakers to KILL loaded TxDOT sunset bill
Trans Texas Corridor to proceed despite repeal of corridor
(Austin, TX – May 28, 2009) The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) sunset bill, HB 300, now over 1,500 pages long, has too much baggage for taxpayers to swallow. HB 300 ends the private toll moratorium (which [...]

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Senate bill merges variety of transportation proposals
Monday, May 25, 2009
By MICHAEL A. LINDENBERGER / The Dallas Morning News
AUSTIN – Two years of planning, positioning and politicking over the multibillion-dollar business of building roads in Texas will come down to a single bill in the Senate as soon as [...]

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It’s All About Fairness to Taxpayers, Drivers
By U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
May 22, 2009
Maintaining and improving transportation infrastructure in Texas has become nearly as daunting a proposition as driving down Loop 410 at rush hour. San Antonio and Texas as a whole have fast-growing populations, but face the challenge of crumbling [...]

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House set to sell Texas highways to foreign corporations, end private toll moratorium
Bill would go to Governor’s desk and become law
(Austin, TX – May 19, 2009) The Texas House is set to vote on whether to end the moratorium on private toll contracts and vote to re-authorize them for another 4 years. Comprehensive [...]

HB 300 Update
VICTORY #1 comes with a sting
GOOD NEWS:
NO TOLLS ON EXISTING ROADS, REPEAL OF TRANS TEXAS CORRIDOR, and ELECTED LEADERSHIP at TxDOT GET IN THE BILL!
BAD NEWS:
PRIVATE TOLL CONTRACTS SNUCK INTO BILL WHEN HALF THE HOUSE ABSENT!
SEE URGENT ACTION ITEM BELOW
Here’s how it happened…
First, Rep. Jose Menendez of San Antonio withdrew his amendment to [...]