In its infinite wisdom, NTTA wants to rename SH 121's new toll road to a more suitable name. It isn't a state highway anymore, now is it bitches?! The NTTA board has suggested 3 options, none of which include Cesar Chavez: Interurban Tollway, 121 Tollway, and Sam Rayburn Tollway.
121 Tollway is probably the most logical, so it doesn't confuse the shit out of people coming from other cities. Remember when the George Bush Turnpike was state highway 190? Until recently, so did most online maps. And it is hella confusing to motorists who don't know otherwise. Interurban Tollway has the most irony. The Interurban was an electric rail system (in the early 20th century!) that connected surrounding cities, something no toll road owner wants anywhere near its pay roads. Last but not least, Sam Rayburn Tollway. Sam Rayburn was the longest serving Speaker of the House in the US Congress. The Dallas Morning News might think it is a great honor to name the highway after Rayburn, but as a Democrat who couldn't be bought or sold, we think he would roll over in his grave!
NTTA claims to be taking comments and even suggestions for other names if you email them at TalktoNTTA@ntta.org by March 6th. Anyone want to start the next Cesar Chavez campaign?
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