by Henry Lamb: "There is absolutely no U.S. government plan for a NAFTA superhighway of any sort," says David Bohigian, an assistant secretary of commerce, in reply to a reporter's question. The reporter's article also quotes Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., as saying that the notion of a NAFTA superhighway is based on "unfounded theories" with "no credence. "If these two gentlemen are correct, it will come as a great surprise to the North America's SuperCorridor Coalition, the Texas Department of Transportation, the City of Fort Worth and nearly two-dozen other major sponsors of a national conference: "Moving North America Forward," on "SuperCorridors" they promote . . . Of course, these two gentlemen are not correct. NASCO boasts that it received millions in grants from the federal government. And TexDOT has been notified that its federal highway funding is in jeopardy if the state Legislature's two-year moratorium on toll-road construction is not overturned. The federal government is definitely involved in the creation of NAFTA SuperCorridors, but at an arms-length, sufficient to have "plausible deniability." . . . [Read More] See also: Superhighway rumor stirring protestTags: NAFTA, NASCO, North American Union, Superhighway To share or post to your site, click on "Post Link". Please mention / link to the ARRA News Service. Thanks!
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