I-69 committee plans for more public involvement

AUSTIN - Advisory committees are being developed to provide public input on where the Trans-Texas Corridor should be located and what it should look like.

The committees will enhance public involvement during on-going Trans- Texas Corridor environmental studies and provide guidance on how the corridor can be developed to best serve local communities.

The Texas Transportation Commission today approved rules establishing the committees which will not only make recommendations regarding overall corridors and individual corridor segments.

Committee members are expected to be named early next year.

Separate committees will be established for both TTC-35 and I-69/TTC and have up to 24 members including property and business owners, representatives of local governments, technical experts and interested citizens.

The proposed TTC-35 would run from Laredo to Oklahoma and include or parallel Interstate-35.

I-69/TTC is being considered in a 650-mile long study area stretching from far south Texas to extreme northeast Texas.

Additional committees will also consider specific segments of the larger corridors. Each committee may also have up to 24 members which will be appointed by local entities or groups within the corridor segment.