Central Texas toller's chair Bob Tesch has second thoughts, steps down (PERSONNEL)

Chairman of the Central Texas Regional MobilityAuthority (CTRMA) since its inception Bob Tesch is packing it in. Only last week reappointed by the Governor, he said he'd had second thoughts.

The news was hailed as "the best transportation news I've heard in a long while" by local grouch, and transplanted New Yorker Peter Stern, so it must be bad news. But then Texas has been a lot of bad news for tolling the past couple of years.

At CTRMA under Tesch they did build a successful tollroad in 183A northwest of central Austin and have another under way, Manor Expressway US290E - despite the efforts of the area's petersterns to protect and preserve immobility.

MEMO Steve Pustelnyk communications CTRMA: it would allay unnecessary prejudice if you could get the new chairman to look less besuited, necktied and 'country club' than Tesch. It's just dumb to dress 'em looking like this.

TOLLROADSnews 2009-03-19