Lawsuit seeks to stop San Antonio toll roads
December 20th, 2005 — 7:10am
A lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court by Aquifer Guardians in Urban Areas, an environmental group, and People for Efficient Transportation, Inc, the parent organization of the anti toll Texas Toll Party. The Sierra Club and other environmental protection organizations are expected to join the lawsuit as intervenors.
The lawsuit claims the toll road on US 281, as well as other toll lanes proposed for Loop 1604, will ‘greatly accelerate’ damage to the Aquifer.
This is the second lawsuit to be filed challenging the construction of toll roads in Texas. A lawsuit filed in Austin in October seeks to declare the Regional Mobility Authorities, which are planning toll projects in San Antonio and Austin, declared unconstitutional.