Supercorridor

Supercorridor

A supercorridor is a proposed new type of transportation infrastructure in the United States.

A supercorridor uses swaths of land up to 1,200 feet (365 m) wide to carry parallel links of freeways, rails, and utility lines. The freeway portions are divided into two separate elements: truck lanes and lanes for passenger vehicles. Similarly, the rail lines in the corridor would be divided among freight, commuter, and high-speed rail. Services expected to be carried in the utility corridor include water, electricity, natural gas and petroleum, plus fiber optic lines and other telecommunications services.

Supercorridors bypass traditional national borders instead using inland ports known as "smartports". Border guards and customs officers would check the cargo at these inland ports.

Criticism

Critics of supercorridors complain that existing transportation infrastructure is not being invested in and maintained. Other critics are concerned about the environmental damage which might occur by creating a supercorridor. [ [http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=15875 July 5, 2006 column by Jerome R. Corsi--"NASCO Alters Super-Corridor Message":] ] Acquisition of large swaths of land for such corridors has created an intense debate over property rights and the use of eminent domain.

Concerns regarding American job preservation (from the resulting influx of migrant truckers) threaten trucking unions. More men are employed by semi trucking companies in the United States, a statistic which will likely be changed by open border treaties.Fact|date=March 2008

ee also

*Concessions de Infraestructuras de Transporte
*International Mid-Continent Trade Corridor
*North American SuperCorridor Coalition
*Trans-Texas Corridor

References

Further reading

*Craig Howie [http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=884112006 US divided by superhighway plan] The Scotsman June 16, 2006

External links

* [http://www.nascocorridor.com/ North American SuperCorridor Coalition]


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