Planning committee meeting with EPA about Trans-Texas Corridor
By Mystic Matthews
KTRE-TV (Lufkin / Nacodoches)
Copyright 2008
GROVETON, TX - The Trinity-Neches Texas Sub-Regional Planning Committee, or TNT, is set to meet with the Environmental Protection Agency next week.
TNT says TxDOT has not given enough thought to the environmental impact of the corridor, and they need the EPA to examine the findings they will get from TxDOT about the TTC.
"We're not in opposition to improvement and expansion. We just want to make sure it's done right because once you cover up rural Texas with concrete you can't change it back," says Connie Fogle with TNT.
The Trans-Texas Corridor is expected to use thousands of acres in East Texas if it's built and TNT wants to make sure they realize the impact that it will have on human and animal life.
TNT says TxDOT'S plan is flawed and they want changes made before they will support the plan.
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