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TX.Patriot User ID: 288913 United States 10/08/2007 02:08 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Shield, trust me, the NAFTA Superhighway is not a "quiet" issue from the perspectives of most Texans. Readers can learn more about the NAFTA Superhighway, TTC, inland Smart Ports, etc. including source links from the following thread: [link to www.godlikeproductions.com] TXP . |
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TX.Patriot User ID: 288913 United States 10/08/2007 02:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I understand. Do you know who will be policing this highway ? Quoting: The ShieldBy "policing" do you mean traffic enforcement such as TX DPS or other agency? At one point in 2004, the proposal was to leave all enforcement on the actual highway to the lease holder, Cintra. Last year and as late as Spring of this year, I read reports that TX DPS would be employed, which was more logical given the circumstances of trained state employees enforcing state laws. However, since we (citizens) have been focused on applying quick brakes to entire project, I have not followed the status of the proposed policing aspect. I can certainly locate the answer for you tomorrow if you desire. TXP . |
TX.Patriot User ID: 288913 United States 10/08/2007 02:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Here are a few of the maps: NAFTA Superhighway through the heartland of the US: [link to www.nascocorridor.com] TTC-35 Map, first leg in TX: [link to www.corridorwatch.org] Please check out the proposed design and read the features below the link: [link to www.governor.state.tx.us] "Highlights and Features" of the TOLL road built by a foreign company and managed by a foreign company: The TTC-35 (the NAFTA Superhighway) will be ¼ mile (four football fields) wide and will require 146 acres of right of way per mile. TXDOT plans to steal (and, yes, I said steal) 600,000 acres of private land under eminent domain for the TTC priority corridors, of which TTC-35 is one. Each corridor will feature: · Six 12-foot Passenger Vehicle Lanes (80mph); 112-feet in aggregate width with shoulders. · Four 13-foot Truck Lanes; 84-feet in aggregate width with shoulders. · Two Tracks for 200mph High-Speed Passenger Rail. (All depots are contained within the corridor.) · Two Tracks for 80mph Commuter Passenger Rail. · Two Tracks for 80mph Freight Rail. · A 200-foot Utility Zone for large underground water lines, natural gas and petroleum pipelines, telecommunication cables and overhead high-voltage electric transmission lines. · Operational Maintenance Zone. · Safety Zones sufficient to accommodate future roadway expansion. |
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TX.Patriot User ID: 288913 United States 10/08/2007 02:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It appears the US goverment will be policing it. This is scary. A place right in the middle of the USA with God knows who driving in and out of the country. Talk abotu making it easy for an invasion. Quoting: The ShieldPrecisely. This is an excerpt from my "NAFTA Superhighway Source post: Inland Smart Ports: As if cutting through America’s heartland to build ¼ mile wide super highways and corridors for trade purposes by means of stealing and displacing people from their own property while charging citizens to drive on privatized roads isn’t enough, the smart port plans is where the NAFTA Superhighway gets even uglier: The plan is to re-route all China / Asian cargo from US ports to ports in Mexico. Currently identified Mexican ports are Lazaro Cardenas in the Mexican State of Michoacan, as well as the Mexican port at Manzanillo, also along the west coast of Mexico, north of Lazaro Cardenas. The cargo will be loaded onto Mexican trucks and rail, and will be transported via a Smart Pass to inland Smart Ports in the US. The Kansas City Smart Port will serve as the central distribution port. ONLY when trucks / rail reach the Smart Port destination will cargo go through Customs. Think about the above. No checking for weapons, drugs, contraband at the border but, rather, in the heartland of the US, in Kansas. I’m certain the drug and weapons cartel, as well as “terrorists” are partying the streets. The procedural design of the NAFTA Superhighway is intended to circumvent American ports, American longshoremen, American truckers, and American unions…for corporate profit. Contemplate the impact: who profits and who suffers?? ----------- It's time for all America - not just Texans - to become educated and involved in this issue. I appreciate your interest and concern. Texans are fighting - and have been fighting for over four years - this with all our energy and might. We invite and welcome America to join. =) We need the power that can only be achieved by unity. If the TTC-35 is ever built, then there will be no stopping the construction of the rest of corridors across the country. . |
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TX.Patriot User ID: 288913 United States 10/08/2007 04:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | so are there going to be "nodes" along the way for US truckers/trains to distribute locally, or is it all Kansas central-like UPS? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 308572The plan in TX is to have entrance-exit stations every 10 miles; others closer to the planning say this is just a ruse to appease the small town people (who are in fear their towns will be bypassed) and that Cintra doesn't actually plan to incur those expenditures. However, the trucks coming from Mexico and Canada will not be "legally" able (ahhmm) to exit until the trucks reach a Smart Port, such as Kansas, where the truck and cargo will be checked by Customs. This plan should work well because drug and weapon smugglers and terrorists are such honest folks. (cough) Of course, when we become the North American Union, this argument will be moot. A few other Trans Texas Corridor 'features': * ALL business on the toll road - concessions such as gas stations, hotels, rest, etc - will be located INSIDE the toll road and solely OWNED and operated by the leasing company (foreign Cintra). In other words, all mom and pop businesses and franchises will be shut out and business from highway traffic into small towns will become nil. In Texas, this will be tragic because our state is filled with small towns built around highways and interstates. It's not like Kansas where one can drive 100 miles before seeing the next town, but Texas will turn into just that if this corridor under the current proposal is built. * If Cintra decides to expand to build businesses along the toll road, they will have 1/2 mile right-of-way on either side. Even if you didn't lose your land the first time around, they can take your land under eminent domain at anytime they so choose. * Now this is the most frightening to me: in the original 2002 plan, the leasing company will have rights and access to the local water tables. Yes, you correctly read that statement. "They" can take your county/city water. One of the challenges listed in the plan is that "numerous local and regional water authorities control existing [water] systems." In this past year, the politicians have argued assuming control of local water is not the case, but I have the original PDF official white paper (that I obtained in 2004) where this is plainly stated. We need America behind Texas on this issue because, if not, these corridors will soon be coming to a neighborhood near you. Please share and spread the info. This is real. . |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 308945 United States 10/08/2007 11:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | There's nothing quiet about this for some time. In Texas we've been fighting the first phase...the Trans-Texas Corridor for a couple of years now. They snuck it in by voter referendum under deceptive language..what's new.... It's been heartening to see rural Texans getting political and going ballistic at some of these meetings....or, er, uh...dog and pony shows. Nothings changed. Plus they've just built a new toll road in Central TX. The toll is going to Spain for the next 50 years. One puts an electronic sticker on the windshield and the toll is subtracted from your account...NTM: they know your whereabouts...date and time... If anyone ever wonders what goes on in Texas....look close at much of what goes on here...it is the testing grounds for the global elite. Some of it is soooo obvious. [link to www.corridorwatch.org] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 183770 Canada 10/08/2007 11:09 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I like this one better, it ends closer to where I live. This one goes through Arizona instead of Texas. [link to www.canamex.org] Since its inception in 1995, the CANAMEX Corridor has grown to become the cornerstone for the seamless and efficient transportation of goods, services, people and information between Canada, Mexico and the United States. Welcome to the NAU. Not just in Texas. |
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