Budget shortfalls have led to the indefinite postponement of plans to widen several sections of I-10 in Texas, although construction is still proceeding on some portions.
Plans to widen 85 miles of I-10 (from four lanes to six) between the Lousiana border and Harris County began almost 10 years ago, and work has been completed from [...]
The 2nd Annual West Coast Convergence for Climate Action has announced plans to target the expansion of the I-5 Columbia River Crossing (a Corridor of the Future project) as part of its “Day of Action.” If you’re going to be in Portland, you should drop by!
When: 1 pm on Monday August 4th, 2008.
What: The 2nd [...]
From a communiqué posted to Infoshop.org:
“In the pre-dawn hours of July 27th, some enraged Hoosiers threw rocks through the window of Chase Bank in downtown Bloomington, Indiana. This action is in solidarity with all those resisting Interstate 69, the NAFTA superhighway being built between Canada and Mexico. This small bit of sabotage comes one day [...]
Public comments are being accepted NOW through Monday, August 4th regarding plans to build a 16-mile I-5 alternative through San Onofre State Beach in southern California.
The proposed toll road extension of Route 241 would run parallel to I-5, to relieve congestion on that Corridor of the Future highway. Permission for the plan was recently denied [...]
Indiana held an official “ground breaking” ceremony for I-69 on July 16 — indoors, surrounded by heavily armed police, out of fear of public protest.
See more photos here.
The battle against I-69 is just getting started. As one person involved in the fight says:
“We see the start of construction as great opportunity, one for us to [...]
As the clock ticks down toward the groundbreaking for the I-69 NAFTA Superhighway, protesters have once again taken direct action to shut down the Gohmann Asphalt facility in Haubstadt, IN! This is the same yard where a lockdown took place on June 25, leading the company to file a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP) [...]
With groundbreaking on construction of I-69, the NAFTA Superhighway, scheduled to begin this week, both resistance to the highway and repression of activists are escalating. And don’t forget: July 28 is a national day of mobilization against I-69!
In response to a June 25 lockdown at a Gohmann Asphalt facility in Haubstadt, IN, the company has [...]
The U.S. Department of Commerce is holding a public hearing and accepting public comments about a proposed toll road controversial toll road which would run through San Onofre State Beach parallel to I-5, to relieve congestion on that Corridor of the Future highway.
Permission for the plan was recently denied by the California Coastal Commission at [...]
The controversy over the I-5 expansion project known as the Columbia River Crossing took a theatrical turn on July 9, as politically charged street performance took center stage outside a packed city hall. Meeting attendees were greeted with a fake checkpoint just past an area marked off by “Global Warming Crime Scene” tape. Agents from [...]
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has allocated more than $5 million each to Corridors of the Future I-5 and I-95 to increase parking availability to freight trucks, for a total grant of $11 million.
Acting FHWA administrator Jim Ray said that I-5 and I-95, which together account for 10 percent of all US interstate truck traffic, [...]