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Official answers questions about SH 130

SEGUIN — A wide variety of questions about State Highway 130 were answered Wednesday during the monthly membership meeting and luncheon hosted by the Seguin Area Chamber of Commerce at the Seguin-Guadalupe County Coliseum.

Guest speaker for the luncheon was Victoria Miller, director of corporate affairs and public information coordinator for the SH 130 Concession Company.

A joint venture of Cintra, a multinational company based in Spain and Zachry American Infrastructure, headquartered in San Antonio, the SH 130 Concession Company is building segments 5 and 6, the southernmost sections of the 90-mile toll highway running from Interstate 35 near Georgetown to Interstate 10 east of Seguin.

“We’re hoping that the road will be done by the end of 2012,” Miller said.

After delivering a brief description of the project, she opened the proceedings to questions from the audience.

Several questions concerned the cost of traveling on the toll highway.

“We don’t set the tolls; TxDOT does,” Miller said.

The TxDOT (Texas Department of Transportation) website includes a calculator that will compute the toll for a trip along the highway which now has been completed from Georgetown to Lockhart.

The cost to travel from Georgetown to Lockhart totals $5.40 for a vehicle bearing a TxTAG and $7.20 without the tag.

Miller had noted earlier that vehicles without TxTAGs are sent bills by mail which include a processing fee in addition to the toll. Obtaining a TxTAG involves making a deposit into an account from which tolls are deducted electronically, and there are no processing fees.

There are no toll plazas or booths for collection of coins and currency along SH 130.

Asked why a trucker would want to incur the extra expense of tolls on a highway that involves a longer route, Miller said paying tolls will be less expensive than the cost of sitting in congested traffic on Interstate 35.

“There’s no good reason to keep the trucks on I-35,” Miller said. “The trucks, the weight that they have, they’re tearing up the road.” She added that the accident rate for trucks on I-35 is “staggering.”

“When a truck has a wreck with a car, the car doesn’t win,” Miller said.

Another questioner asked about traffic congestion on Interstate 10 after SH 130 has been completed.

“I-10 does need to be widened,” Miller said. “We are concerned about it.

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Gold homes had nice options or upgrades with a floor plan that “made sense” and flowed naturally.  They were also turnkey homes, or move-in ready.  Most importantly, they were priced well (at or below market value).  These homes could see an offer in the next 30-60 days and when the real estate market bounces back, these future owners could see healthy return on their home value.

Silver Silver homes also had nice interior options or upgrades, and typically have good, natural floor plans.  For the average person or real estate agent, these can be easily mistaken for Gold homes.  However, in each Silver home, there is something that doesn’t measure up to a Gold home (i.e., priced too high; old wallpaper, paint or carpet; small closets, bedrooms, or bathrooms; etc.).  These differences become obvious if you were to view a Gold home.

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I hope this gives us a good distinction between a top home, average home, and poor home.  Notice that I did not limit any of the categories by price.  Why?  The first reason is so that this evaluation can be just as useful for someone looking in the $200,000 price range as someone else looking in the $400,000 price range.  The second reason is because price does not indicate the condition and quality of a home.  You don’t always get what you pay for in real estate, especially in a market like this.  There are bargains to be had, and there are unrealistic sellers you may encounter.  Do your due diligence and make the distinction between the two!

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