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Trans-Texas Corridor, Slated to Connect Dallas to Austin and San Antonio, Still Controversial

By Dee Copeland

Real Estate Agent with Copeland Group Realty

December 16, 2007 11:48 PM

I was in a Leadership Austin class on all day Wednesday. We discussed some interesting updates on new urbanism, transit-oriented development, commuter rails, and other changes to Austin and Texas that I'll share in upcoming weeks and months.

A variety of infrastructure and development tools are being used in anticipation of millions of new residents coming to Texas in the next decade.

The theme of the past few Leadership Austin sessions have been economic development and infrastructure needed in Texas to keep up with consumer demand. We are not a shrinking population and are growing at a very fast pace.

For example, Austin the only city in the U.S to consistently double it's population every 20 years since the 1900s. This creates both challenge as well as opportunity. Accordingly, important decisions need to be made, some of which will be very controversial.

TRANS-TEXAS CORRIDOR, YOU PRO OR CON?

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Tricia Jumonville

Bradfield Properties - Georgetown, TX

Texas REALTOR , Agent With Horse Sense

"Controversial"? That's a very tactful way to put it. Living out with the people whose lives it will impact most for the worse, I see the signs warning TXDot to stay off their property or suffer the consequences of trespassing. I've lived in the city and I've lived in the country, and the city dwellers do tend to forget that real people with real lives live out there in the boonies, lives that are just as important to them as those of the city dwellers are. Of course, when the food supply dries up because we've paved all the land needed to grow it, they'll sit up and take notice. (Joni Mitchell knew what was coming long ago - "Pave Paradise, put up a parking lot.")

And "bold" is not the word I would use for our governor. But that's my opinion. At least we didn't make him Lieutenant Governor or State Comptroller, traditionally our positions of real power. ;-)

Dec 17, 2007 05:55 AM

Dee Copeland

Copeland Group Realty - Austin, TX

Principal Broker

Thank you Tricia! I think bold is nice...right?

This is really tough and is one of the main reasons why some people are against the corridor. Texans are proud to be land owners and to have their neighbors' land taken is not something that puts them in a good mood. I hope we can use sustainable development practices that can lessen the environmental impact and perhaps find a way to incorporate the natural environment. The threat of eminent domain is always unsettling and I'm not sure how to best handle that one. We need roads and the land has to come from somewhere. On the other hand, what will happen to the rural residents?

Dec 17, 2007 06:47 AM

Trans-Texas Corridor, Slated to Connect Dallas to Austin and San Antonio, Still Controversial

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