RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, H.B.3588 was passed which gave the Transportation Commission the authority to create the Trans Texas Corridor; and

WHEREAS, the Trans Texas Corridor is the Governor’s vision of interstate transportation corridors which would traverse Texas; and

WHEREAS, each corridor could be as much as 1200 feet wide with multiple vehicle lanes and train transportation and right-of-way property within the corridor; and

WHEREAS, if the Trans Texas Corridor was built it would negatively affect rural Texas, splitting farms and ranches, uprooting wildlife, having a negative impact on the local economy and would create pollution and trash; and

WHEREAS, the placement of concentrated resource conveyances in the corridor will better enable terrorists to attack these resources and disable them, especially in remote areas; and

WHEREAS, the technology which the Trans Texas Corridor is using is outmoded technology; and we strongly believe that other sources of transportation and technology should be considered using existing right-of-ways; and

WHEREAS, the entire cost of this project is estimated to be in excess of 184 billion dollars; and

WHEREAS, we do not understand the necessity of such an immense project that would so negatively impact the most precious resource that this State has.

WHEREAS, the Trans Texas Corridor will negatively impact regional and local mobility plans; and

WHEREAS, we do not believe that public-private partnerships for construction of the Trans Texas Corridor is in the best interest of the citizens of Waller County, the State of Texas and the United States of America; and

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE Waller County Commissioners Court goes on record in opposition to the building of the Trans Texas Corridor, and we further support the no action alternative in relation to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement released by the Texas Department of Transportation in November of 2007.

Approved and adopted this the 17^{th day of January, 2008.}

^{Owen Ralston  Waller County Judge}

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^{W. M. Eplen  Commissioner, Precinct 1}

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^{Terry Harrison  Commissioner, Precinct 2} 

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^{Milton Whiting  Commissioner, Precinct 3} 

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^{Glenn Beckendorff  Commissioner, Precinct 4} 

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