Toll Road Update
As you all know, CAMPO voted to remove the William Cannon section of Mopac from the proposed Toll plan. There are however, several sections of the toll plan that include roadways already paid for and under construction. Some members of the CAMP TPB have expressed concern regarding aspects how TxDot and the CTRMA have presented information to the Board and the public. An important CAMPO public hearing will be held on Monday, February 14th at the LBJ Auditorium 25th & Red River. Free parking is available. Please mark your calendar's for this meeting.
Additionally, there will be a story on the Trans Texas Corridor aired on KVUE News 24 tonight (Friday) at 10pm.
(This is a news story, but a documentary has been in the works over the last year.)
TOLL roads are getting a lot of attention this year, as more and more communities are being forced to pay them and pay again, when they get left with the bond packages.
Williamson County could be the first in Texas to go broke borrowing money upgrade roads (like Hwy 79). Unlike when YOU borrow money, the county and the state have a gurarranteed source of stead income - THE TAX PAYERS.
If they screw-up, they just lose an election. You and your children get left with the debt. The right thing to do is to live within our means and pay as you go with roads in particular.
As you all know, CAMPO voted to remove the William Cannon section of Mopac from the proposed Toll plan. There are however, several sections of the toll plan that include roadways already paid for and under construction. Some members of the CAMP TPB have expressed concern regarding aspects how TxDot and the CTRMA have presented information to the Board and the public. An important CAMPO public hearing will be held on Monday, February 14th at the LBJ Auditorium 25th & Red River. Free parking is available. Please mark your calendar's for this meeting.
Additionally, there will be a story on the Trans Texas Corridor aired on KVUE News 24 tonight (Friday) at 10pm.
(This is a news story, but a documentary has been in the works over the last year.)
TOLL roads are getting a lot of attention this year, as more and more communities are being forced to pay them and pay again, when they get left with the bond packages.
Williamson County could be the first in Texas to go broke borrowing money upgrade roads (like Hwy 79). Unlike when YOU borrow money, the county and the state have a gurarranteed source of stead income - THE TAX PAYERS.
If they screw-up, they just lose an election. You and your children get left with the debt. The right thing to do is to live within our means and pay as you go with roads in particular.
