Thread: Landowners Want Secret Contract

Landowners Want Secret Contract

Over 175 landowners filed Open Records Requests with the Texas Department of Transportation demanding the state agency release 200 pages they have kept from the public for over a year. In 2005, the state Attorney General, Greg Abbott, ruled the signed contract between the Spanish corporation Cintra-Zachry and TxDoT to construct the Trans Texas Corridor, a 1,200 foot wide, 4,000 mile long, 146 acres per mile super highway was a final contract and could not be withheld from the public. Within 10 days, both Cintra and TxDoT sued to keep part of the contract secret because it is believed to contain information that shows where the road is to be built. A trial is set for October 10, and hopefully, landowners will be able to participate in the case if they get denied their open records request exposing the shady deal for all to see. According to the EIS, nearly one million Texans will lose their land if the deal goes through. The I-35 segment of the Trans Texas Corridor is the Texas portion of the NAFTA Superhighway, which TxDoT denies. But landowners believe the withheld information could expose plans for the entire superhighway.

http://www.libertymatters.org/newsservi ... ervice.htm

Wanna know something funny?

both Cintra and TxDoT sued to keep part of the contract secret because it is believed to contain information that shows where the road is to be built.

Here's a map of the "desired routes":

http://www.thenewamerican.com/artman...cle_4218.shtml