The Corridor would be a huge help to a number of problems, I suspect. Railroads and roadways can not handle today's requirements. A recent report stated a number of millions of gallons of gas are wasted each year in congested traffic, as well as, the loss of billions of man-hours idle in delayed traffic. Emissions are also worse in these conditions.

The State is now capable of engaging private entites to get involved, in some cases with private money, but not necessarily private financing in every case. These should be helpful since there has been no new gas tax since 1991 and the money they are getting today has devalued due to inflation, yet the demand is high. San Antonio has more than doubled in congestion hours, exceeding Houston's prior rate. All the other major cities have also increased in congestion problems.

Railroads are reluctant, at best, to haul low cost road base material when they can haul more profitable goods on their limited tracks. Joint venturing of customers, who are normally competitors, has been necessary to make orders large enough to attract the railroad companies.

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