TRANSPORTATION EXCELLANCE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY TEX-21

IN COMMUNITIES ACROSS TEXAS TRANSPORTATION HAS BECOME A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED ON A DAILY BASIS. DESPITE AN INCREASE IN FEDERAL FUNDING, THE STATE IS ABLE TO FUND LESS THAN 40% OF THE NEEDED TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS. STATEWIDE AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES INBCREASINGLY HAVE TO SHOULDER MORE OF THE TRANSPORTATION BURDEN. THE RAPOD TRANSPORTATION GROWTH OF THE 90'S IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INCREASED COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC FROM NAFTA, IS STRAINING OUR STATEWIDE INFRASTRUCTURE. OUR GOAL IS TO BRING TEXAS THE STATEWIDE TRANSPORTAION IT NEEDS AND DESERVES THROUGH THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES: 1. RAISING THE TRANSPORTATION CONCIOUSNESS ACROSS THE STATE BY MEETING WITH MEMBERS ON A PERIODIC BASIS. 2. ENCOURAGING THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION LAWS, REGULATIONS, RULES AND POLICIES THAT BENEFIT THE ENTIRE STATE 3. ACHIEVING TEX-21 GOALS WITH REGARD TO TRANSPORTATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND COORDINATION OBJECTIVES 4. ARTICULATE POSITIONS, INTERFACIN