Topic – Toll Roads
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Push begins to build SH249 toll road in northwest
Related to SH99
A coalition of Harris and Montgomery Counties and several cities is forming to push for the proposed 249 toll road from Spring Cypress to FM 1774.
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Sierra Club SH99 preliminary injunction fails, lawsuit continues
Insufficient funds for bonds
Sierra Club could not post a bond of more than $1K per day requested by the government to issue a preliminary injuction on construction of Segment E of SH99.
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Lawsuit to stop SH99 segment E in court this Wednesday
Filed by Sierra Club
The Sierra Club's lawsuit against the proposed SH99 toll road Segment E will begin in the Houston U.S. District Court of the Honorable Judge Keith P. Ellison.
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Streetsblog on Ned Holmes and SH99
Gave the project new life
Streetsblog DC continues its coverage of Texas developers making decisions in public capacities to build more roads, featuring TTC's Ned Holmes.
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TXDOT seeks input on proposed Westpark toll road past SH99
Facilitate low density housing
The Texas Department of Transportation seeks public input on the proposal to extend the Westpark toll road beyond SH99 to facilitate suburban development.
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TXDOT will begin collecting tolls on SH99 in Chambers County
TxTag accounts only
The toll road intended to "open up areas for development" will now begin to accrue toll revenues to TXDOT to finance segment I-2 of SH99.
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TXDOT breaks ground on Katy Prairie for SH99
Sierra Club lawsuit pending
The Texas Department of Transportation and some local elected officials broke ground on Segment E of the proposed SH99 180 mile loop toll road.
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Rep. Mica calls for freeway lanes staying free
Add toll road capacity w/ PPP
Transportation And Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica (R-Fl) calls for keeping all existing free highway lanes free, while adding toll lane capacity.
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Central Texas toll roads losing money
Not enough induced development
The Central Texas toll road system, built and operated by TXDOT around the Austin region, is not making enough money and is being subsidized with public money.
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Sierra Club SH99 lawsuit to go to court by September
Questions environmental damage
The Sierra Club's lawsuit against the proposed SH99 Segment E will go to court by September to determine if FHWA inadequately considered environmental damages.
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