Texas state officials announced Tuesday that plans for the controversial Trans-Texas Corridor have been canceled. 

The superhighway would have been a mile wide toll-road, with profits going to a private company in Spain. 

“The days of the Trans-Texas Corridor are over, it’s finished up,” said Texas Governor Rick Perry, who promoted the highway which has been associated by some with alleged plans for a North American Union.

The corridor will not take shape as originally envisioned, but instead has been redesigned into a scaled-down version.  According to the Texas Department of Transportation, larger corridor projects will consist of smaller segments that are about 600 feet wide.

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