Recent News Articles About TTC
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| May 11, 2008 | STATE FACES MANY RURAL ROADBLOCKS | ||||
| Texas Gov. Rick Perry wants to build a big highway through the Lone Star State. No, make that a really big highway, as in a monstrously big highway.
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| May 10, 2008 | ANTI-CORRIDOR RALLY TIMED FOR GRADUATION DAY | ||||
| While Gov. Rick Perry was in Johnson Coliseum addressing SFA graduates, on the other side of campus a group of citizens were not so happy about his appearance in Nacogdoches.
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| May 9, 2008 | TOLL HIKES USED TO BOOST FOREIGN COMPANY PROFITS | ||||
| Drivers in North America are paying higher fees to cover the red ink of a
Spanish infrastructure firm. Global toll road giant Cintra announced yesterday
that its first quarter revenue had jumped 15.3 percent thanks in part to toll
hikes on roads in the US, Canada, Chile, Ireland and Spain. Read more |
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| May 9, 2008 | PUBLIC WARY OF INCREASING EFFORTS TO LEASE ROADS | ||||
| An increasing number of international companies are looking to make multibillion-dollar investments in U.S. roads and bridges. But a brewing fight in Pennsylvania offers a test of the American public's willingness to give up control of vital infrastructure -- and potentially pay higher tolls.
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| May 8, 2008 | ACT NOW TO STOP OKLAHOMA NAFTA SUPERHIGHWAY | ||||
| Despite massive public opposition, on Tuesday, April 29th, the Oklahoma state legislature approved a bill to allow creation of “Smart Ports” and continuation of the NAFTA Superhighway system in Oklahoma.
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| May 8, 2008 | LAWMAKER TARGETS AGENCY | ||||
| The Texas Department of Transportation has done more harm to the public's trust of state government than any other agency and needs to be overhauled, state Rep. Linda Harper-Brown, R-Irving, said Wednesday.
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| May 8, 2008 | MACQUARIE CIRCLES AIRPORT IN TEXAS | ||||
| The Macquarie Group's airport ambitions in the US have spread to Texas, where its infrastructure division is in talks to lease all or part of the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in the Texas capital, Austin.
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| May 7, 2008 | WHY DOES THE LONE STAR STATE ALLOW TXDOT'S BUREAUCRATIC ARROGANCE? | ||||
| The headlines might have read, “No Hope, No More,” but we have been on a collision course over the future of TxDOT ever since Gov. Perry's dismissal last week of interim commissioner Hope Andrade.
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| May 4, 2008 | CAN DELISI STEER TRANSPORTATION THROUGH ALL THE POTHOLES? | ||||
| As the new chairwoman of the Texas Transportation Commission, Deirdre Delisi has to convince a corps of skeptics that she is up to the job.
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| May 2, 2008 | STATUS QUO AT TXDOT | ||||
| On Wednesday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry announced he had appointed Deirdre Delisi, his former Chief of Staff, as the new Chairman of the Texas Transportation Commission, which oversees the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).
As of today, I will not vote to confirm her appointment in the next Legislative session.
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| May 2, 2008 | WILL NEW COMMISSIONERS IMPROVE TXDOT? | ||||
| Gov. Rick Perry appointed two new members of the Texas Transportation Commission April 30, his former chief of staff, Deirdre Delisi of Austin and William Meadows of Fort Worth, a member of the North Texas Tollway Authority Board.
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| May 1, 2008 | PERRY'S PICKS FOR TEXAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION HIGHLIGHT COMMITMENT TO TOLL ROADS | ||||
| A week after Gov. Rick Perry said in a speech that he’ll fight to keep toll roads at the center of any plans to solve Texas’ transportation needs, he proved it by naming his former chief of staff to lead the Texas Transportation Commission. Read more |
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| May 1, 2008 | PERRY ERRS IN CHOICE FOR TOP TXDOT JOB | ||||
| Perhaps Gov. Rick Perry is right... But there's also no getting around the fact that the primary reason Perry tapped the 35-year-old Austin resident to head the commission is that she worked for him for nine years as chief of staff, senior deputy chief of staff, deputy chief of staff and director of Perry's 2002 gubernatorial campaign, as well as serving on his staff when he was lieutenant governor and working in his campaign for that office.
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| May 1, 2008 | STATE REP MIKE KRUSEE ARRESTED FOR DWI | ||||
| A state lawmaker who helped pave the way for major toll road projects across Texas faced drunken driving charges.
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| Apr 30, 2008 | PERRY APPOINTS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONERS | ||||
| Delisi, who worked as Perry's chief of staff before stepping down last year, has held assorted jobs in state government and politics, including working as Perry's gubernatorial campaign manager in 2002.
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