Monday, June 25, 2007

Agenda for June 28 Texas Transportation Committee Meeting

Many of the players in this saga from the DFW area will be in Austin tomorrow at the Texas Transportation Commission Meeting: Thursday, June 28, 2007 - convene 9:00 a.m. - 125 East 11th Street, Austin, Texas 78701-2483

Texas Transportation Commission Members: (will meet June 28th to rule on whether the NCTCOG's RTC's recommendation that the Public Toll authority NTTA is awarded the contract for SH121 over Cintra.

Ric Williamson, Chair of Weatherford
Hope Andrade, Commissioner from San Antonio:
--Governor’s appointee to the Texas Turnpike Authority,
--Board member and vice chair of VIA Metropolitan Transit (San Antonio)
--Board member, Free Trade Alliance of San Antonio

Ted Houghton, Commissioner of El Paso

Ned S. Holmes, Commissioner of Houston:
--chairman and CEO of Parkway Investments, a company that develops and manages real estate nationwide.
--formerly with Texas Parks and Wildlife (and we know what a great job they did with Parks and Wildlife under Perry's administration)

Fred Underwood, Commissioner, of Lubbock
-- president and CEO of the Trinity Company, a cotton bale storage facility.(Warehousing)

AGENDA
Agenda item 6:
6. Toll Projects

a. Collin and Denton Counties – Consider the recommendation of the Regional
Transportation Council concerning the financing, construction, and operation of
the SH 121 project from Business SH 121 to US 75 in Denton and Collin counties (MO)


Media Video feed of the meeting will be available on Thursday at this link:
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