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 [...]

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 [...]

An oil and chemical spill caused by the collision of two ships has caused officials to close a 97-mile stretch of the Mississippi River near New Orleans, backing up major exports heading out to the Gulf of Mexico, including grain and coal. There are also three oil refineries in the region, but some are supplied [...]

A truck belonging to the construction company Peter Kiewit Sons’ was torched on Tuesday, July 22 in response to the company’s involvement in widening the Sea to Sky Highway in unceded Coast Salish territory (illegally occupied by the Canadian government as “British Columbia”).
The highway is being expanded to accommodate increased traffic for the 2010 Winter [...]

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 [...]