Sierra Club SH99 lawsuit to go to court by September

Questions environmental damage

Jay Blazek Crossley, Jul 11, 11.

The Sierra Club lawsuit to stop construction of the proposed SH99 toll road over the Katy Prairie will see its day in court by September, according to KUHF.

The Sierra Club filed suit against “the Federal Highway Administration due to the failure of that federal agency to do an adequate assessment of the environmental impacts of the proposed Grand Parkway Segment E in western Harris County,” according to the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club.

The Texas Department of Transportation, however, is moving forward with proposed SH99 toll road across the Katy Prairie, having received 23 letters of interest in a public private partnership to build the toll road, according to Project Finance.

One of the firms that expressed interest is Cintra, a Spanish firm that figured in the controversy over the now-defunct Trans-Texas Corridor.

Full copy of Sierra Club legal complaint to FHWA regarding SH99 (pdf)