Trans-Texas Corridor study released

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November 13, 2007
Trans-Texas Corridor study released
The Texas Department of Transportation this morning Web-posted a draft environmental impact study for its proposed Trans-Texas Corridor route in East Texas.


Trans-Texas corridor routes, when built out over decades, could be up to 1,200 feet wide and include two high-speed passenger rail tracks, two freight rail tracks, two commuter rail tracks, six toll lanes for cars and four toll lanes for trucks.

The 1,072-page report maps out 650 miles of snaking corridors — from Texarkana, past Houston and to the Mexican border — as recommended study areas that chop out much of what's been eyed over the past three years.

The smaller study areas are a half-mile to 4-miles wide, TxDOT says.

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