Group plans Saturday rally to oppose Trans-Texas Corridor, 4-03-08
Opponents of the proposed Trans-Texas Corridor plan to stage a big march and rally Saturday, April 5, at the Capitol in Austin.
Gov. Rick Perry’s corridor plan calls for 4,000 miles of privately financed and operated toll roads throughout the state.
Rally organizer Terri Hall, executive director of Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom - or TURF - said if the toll roads are built, truckers will pay a high price.
"They’ll be facing 50 cents a mile minimum truck start toll rates, added onto our already high cost of fuel," Hall told "Land Line Now" on XM Satellite Radio.
"This will be an absolute disaster for the trucking industry that already operates at a very thin margin of profit, if not now running at a loss with the gas prices we’re seeing."
Read entire article, 4-03-08
Gov. Rick Perry’s corridor plan calls for 4,000 miles of privately financed and operated toll roads throughout the state.
Rally organizer Terri Hall, executive director of Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom - or TURF - said if the toll roads are built, truckers will pay a high price.
"They’ll be facing 50 cents a mile minimum truck start toll rates, added onto our already high cost of fuel," Hall told "Land Line Now" on XM Satellite Radio.
"This will be an absolute disaster for the trucking industry that already operates at a very thin margin of profit, if not now running at a loss with the gas prices we’re seeing."
Read entire article, 4-03-08
posted by EagleHQ at
7:58 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home