Endorsements

Due to its regional and national significance, the Tower 55 Project was recently rated by a Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) organized selection committee as the highest priority TIGER II project in Texas -- compared with more than 90 other projects in the second most populous state in the nation. Project supporters include:

• City of Fort Worth
• Tarrant County
• North Texas Council of Governments
• Dallas and Fort Worth Chambers of Commerce
• Texas Department of Transportation
• Oklahoma Department of Transportation

Read letters from local and state officials about the need for and impact of improvements to Tower 55.

John Cornyn, United States Senator

Kay Bailey Hutchison, United States Senator

Chet Edwards, Member of Congress

Kay Granger, Member of Congress

Pete Olson, Member of Congress

Wendy R. Davis, Texas Senator

Jane Nelson, Texas Senator

Florence Shapiro, Texas Senator

Kirk Watson, Texas Senator

Tommy Williams, Texas Senator

Lon Burnam, State Representative

Charlie Geren, State Representative

Mark Shelton, State Representative

Vickie Truitt, State Representative

Marc Veasey, State Representative

B. Glen Whitley, Tarrant County Judge, President, North Central Texas Council of Governments and President, National Association of Counties

Mike Moncrief, Mayor of Forth Worth

Ron Natinsky, Chair, Regional Transportation Council, Council member, City of Dallas

Vic Suhm, Executive Director, Tarrant Regional Transportation Coalition

Dr. Carlos Vasquez, Board of Education Trustee for District One of the Fort Worth Independent School District

Gary M. Ridley, Secretary of Transportation, State of Oklahoma

John P. LaRue, Executive Director, Port of Corpus Christi Authority

Alec G. Dreyer, CEO, Port of Houston Authority

Thomas G. Mason, General Manager, Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)

Bill Thornton, President & CEO Forth Worth Chamber of Commerce

Rosa Navejar, President and CEO, Forth Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Jonathan Gold, Vice President, Supply Chain and Customs Policy, National Retail Federation

Kelly D. Kolb, Vice President, Global Supply Chain Policy, Retail Industry Leaders Association

Robin Lanier, Executive Director, Waterfront Coalition

John R. McLaurin, President, Pacific Merchant Shipping Association (PMSA)