Due to massive public opposition to the highway expansion plan known as the Trans-Texas Corridor (TTC), the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has pulled a classic maneuver to undercut the resistance: keep the project, but change the name.
“The Trans-Texas Corridor, as a single project concept, is not the choice of Texans. So we’ve decided to [...]

The US Department of Transportation has approved a $516 million loan to the state of Maryland for the construction of the Inter-County Connector (ICC) highway. The ICC is a planned 18-mile, 6-lane highway to connect the I-95 Corridor of the Future in the Washington, DC area to I-270. According to the DOT, there is currently [...]

The Root Force Target Database is back online! Want to take action against infrastructure but don’t have a project to fight locally? This resource is for you!
The database currently contains information on companies involved in the expansion of I-69, I-10 and I-95, and we’re told that more information will be added in the coming weeks. There are [...]

The ATM of a Chase Bank in Bloomington, IN was smashed on October 28. This is the third action in Bloomington to target the bank for its financial relationship with Gohmann Asphalt Company, which is involved in building I-69. Gohmann has been a major focus of anti-I-69 protests in recent months.
I-69 is a Corridor of [...]

Protest Reportback: On October 23, Chicago residents picketed against I-69 at the meeting of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association. According to the action report, “This annual convention brings together hundreds of major players in the infrastructure business, people who specialize in forcing overpriced megaprojects on unwilling communities. This year, a [...]

Nevada: Construction of new express lanes for I-15 in Las Vegas is scheduled to begin before the end of 2008, according to the Nevada Department of Transportation. The department has initiated an I-15 Resort Corridor Study to figure out how to deal with the increased urban traffic that this is expected to cause.
Utah: The US [...]

An in-depth analysis of the current legal situation faced by the effort to stop I-69 (a Corridor of the Future) has been posted on the web site of Roadblock EF! (read the whole thing here).
Highlights include:
• 15 activists arrested at a recent lockdown at a Gohmann Asphalt facility in Haubstadt, IN, are facing one to [...]

President Bush has issued an executive order granting “national priority” status to the Columbia River Crossing (also known as the Interstate 5 Bridge between Portland, Ore., and Vancouver, Wash, and recipient of a Corridors of the Future grant). This means that federal agencies are required to prioritize and expedite the environmental review process for the [...]

On August 4, activists from the Northwest Convergence for Climate Action took action to target climate criminals in the Portland, OR area.
The action began with a march along the Portland Waterfront, including street theater that featured agents from the “Oil Enforcement Agency” (which first appeared in a July protest) giving out tickets to mock cars [...]

A coalition of 150 protesters from Potomac Earth First!, Students for a Democratic Society-DC and Roadblock Earth First! danced in the streets and stormed the offices of profiteers and supporters of I-69, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Plan Puebla Panama (PPP) in Washington, DC on Monday, July 28.
Calling their protest “Funk [...]