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-03/20/05: Added link to a Blog on the Trans Texas Corridor in the "Links" section.
-03/13/05: Added link to State Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn's scathing Audit of the Central Texas Regional Mobility Association in the "Who this Benefits" and Links section.
-03/13/05: Added information from Central Texas Council of Governments showing the TTC's attempt to get legislation passed to authorize conversion of federal highways to local toll roads in the "How this Happened" section.
-03/10/05: Added $1,000,000 Rick Perry Contribution information and CTRMA Chairman Robert Tesch $3.7 Million Land Speculation benefit to "Who this Benefits" section
-03/8/05: Added gas tax revenue chart to "Why this is Wrong" section showing no revenue decrease as TxDOT claims, and actually shows a real 178% increase in gas tax revenue since the early 1980's while population has increased only 50% during that period.
-03/8/05: Added Republican Platform slide to "Why this is Wrong" section calling for repeal of HB3588.
-02/23/05: Added front page access to the CTC resolution.
-10/18/04: Added link to www.AustinTollParty.com website.
-10/12/04: Houston Chronicle reports SH249 toll road conversion has been dropped. -8/30/04: Added information to the How this Happened and Why this is Wrong sections regarding the Texas Transportation Code (See Chapter 284) which allows use of toll revenue anywhere in the county where it is collected or in adjacent counties, contrary to TxDOT claims that it must be used on the roadway where it is collected. -8/27/04: Added links to site dedicated to firing Texas Transportation Commission Chairman Ric Williamson: www.FireRicWilliamson.com and to an anti-toll group in Dallas: www.stop121tolls.com. -8/15/04: Added link to section of www.corridorwatch.org website showing TxDOT plan to maximize toll road revenue- in the Why this is Wrong section.
-8/15/04: Added link to www.sh249tollroad.com website.
-8/14/04: Added map and HCTRA link showing Northwest Corridor Tollway parallel to SH249 and less than two miles away.
-8/9/04: Added link to Houston Press article explaining why more roadway construction is not a solution to traffic congestion, why former Mayor Bob Lanier is against it, and why Robert Eckels is beholden to road and suburban developers.
-8/9/04: Added link to Corridor Watch website which covers Rick Perry's plan for the massive Trans-Texas Corridor which is the main reason the state does not have enough funding for our local roads.
-8/9/04: Added link to Tomball Chamber of Commerce Poll which allows you to give your opinion regarding the proposed SH249 conversion to a toll road.
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