Topic – Highways
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Transportation Secretary blasts proposed bill
"Most partisan ever seen"
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Thursday the House GOP’s highway spending plan is “the worst transportation bill” he’s seen in decades.
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H-GAC taking public comment on 290 / 610 / 10 intersection makeover
TX bond funds to pay for it
Newly available state bond funds would allow H-GAC to add the 290 / Loop 610 / I-10 interchange reconstruction back into the TIP, following public comment.
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SH99 shifting growth outside of City of Sugar Land
Tollway inducing sprawl
Following investment in SH99, many residents are drawn away from the “heart” of Sugar Land, and so are many businesses and even schools.
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Congress welcomed back by horde of transportation Issues
Many questions, little time
The House returns Tuesday to a mountain of unresolved transportation issues with little room for error and little time to get up to speed.
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Mica okay with temporary transportation extension
Still working on 6-year plan
House Transportation chair John Mica (R-Fla.) will support a temporary extension of the nation’s current transportation plan when Congress returns
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Gas tax end might not lower gas prices
But could cause chaos
End of federal gas tax could lead to highway chaos, but some question whether it would actually lower gas prices.
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People prioritized over cars across the nation
From highways to green avenues
Across the country, highways are being dismantled as urban thinkers place pedestrians before the automobile.
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Some developers have had enough of freeways
Prefer boulevards
Urban Land magazine reports that some developers believe it would be better to demolish obtrusive roadways and convert to boulevards.
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