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<br />`~}'S GOOD *D'e~ • • <br />s <br />+~ e <br />s ~ <br />4 `~! <br />ot'~~IO N 'Sti0 <br />TEXAS HIGHWAY FUNDING CRISIS: <br />IIPAgTE <br />Texas Good Roads/Transportation Association <br />310 Vaughn Building • Austin, Texas 78701 <br />512-478-9351 <br />October 8, 1976 <br />CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, <br />_ MAYORS AND COUNTY JUDGES: <br />We are enclosing a list of organizations and entities which are on record <br />urging state leaders and members of the Legislature to alleviate the Texas <br />highway funding crisis. <br />This is a good beginning -- but we have a long way to go to have the kind <br />of grass roots support needed in every city and county in the state. <br />Here's what you can do to support adequate funds for proper maintenance and <br />• improvement of the Texas highway system: <br />1. If your Chamber, Council, or Commissioners Court <br />is not listed, adopt a resolution like the one <br />enclosed. Send copies to Governor Dolph Briscoe, <br />Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby, Speaker Bill Clayton, your <br />state senator and representative, and to us. <br />2. If you adopted a resolution prior to August 4, <br />when Governor Briscoe announced his highway fin- <br />ancing recommendations, advise us that you are <br />supporting the Governor's program. The Governor's <br />program offers the best vehicle for securing addi- <br />tional highway funds in the next legislative session. <br />We are also enclosing a list of newspapers which are editorially supporting an <br />increase in highway funds. <br />If the Legislature does not act on the highway funding crisis when it meets in <br />January, it will be impossible for the State Department of Highways and Public <br />Transportation to reduce the backlog of badly-needed highway improvement pro- <br />jects -- including those in your area. <br />Sincerely, <br />• <br />Eugene W. Robbins <br />EWR:rr <br />Enclosures <br />