AUSTIN – Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX 10) claimed victory Wednesday for property owners in the Eastern half of the Tenth Congressional District. Land owners in Austin, Waller and Washington Counties are now completely out of the path of the proposed TTC 69 toll road. Tomball and Cypress in Western Harris County are now barely on the fringe of the proposed route.

"We are fortunate that most of the people in my district appear to be spared the wrath of TXDOT confiscating their land to build a toll road. But we still have work to do to make sure that peoples homes and land in the farthest reaches of my district, that have been in their families for generations, are not paved over."

Congressman McCaul has worked tirelessly with the Texas Department of Transportation to minimize the impact of TTC 69 on his district. The Department announced Wednesday morning that it will recommend using existing highway corridors for the TTC 69 project and that proposed new corridors are no longer under consideration.

"The people of Texas and in my district have spoken loud and clear and the state finally got the message," Rep. McCaul said.