Hutchison attacks Perry on the Trans-Texas Corridor

This web-ad highlights the problem of transportation funding. The problem was recently highlighted in a bi-partisan op-ed written by State Senator John Carona (R-Dallas) and State Senator Kirk Watson (D-Austin), titled, Getting off a slow road to nowhere:

"As grim as the funding situation is, however, its not nearly as depressing as the failure of elected leaders in every branch of government to acknowledge the problem, let alone begin grappling with it."

For more information, please read the Houston Chronicle story from October 7, 2009, Corridor project may be dead, but spending thrives. The article reports the following:

"The $59.4 million in expenditures the Texas Transportation Commission reported to lawmakers at the end of fiscal 2008 went for planning, environmental reviews and engineering studies. The expense was part of $131 million spent on several segments. An updated total will be posted later this month.

"The I-35 parallel was among the last vestiges of the once-ambitious Trans-Texas Corridor championed by Perry as a network of highways, rail lines and utility corridors that would crisscross Texas and relieve congestion. The idea relied heavily on public-private partnerships and tollways because highway tax dollars are falling far short of the need."

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• Rick Perry
• Kay Bailey Hutchison
• Texas Politics
• Texas GOP
• Rick Perry for Governor
• Republican Party
• Texas Governor's Race

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We must Vote Rick Perry out . Bill White is in everyones bet interest , For those that do not live in Texas , please give to Bill Whites Campaign , few outside of Texas understand just how bad Rick Perry is . All Student books go threw Perry's office , edited then distributed across the USA , Earth is 6K years old-Dinosaurs cleared land for man . A murder case was finally allowed in ,but refused a 24 Hr Stay DNA cleared the man but Perry claimed he was bad killing an innocent man .