A community forum is planned to be held within 90 days for council members to hear from supporters of the trench option, which is backed by the state...
— referred to as the hybrid model — and it could cost $1 billion. But the agency says it plans to seek only state and federal funding to pay for that option.
“I’m not opposed to folks wanting a little bit more time to digest the actual recommendation and if community members want to give more input. I just want it to be genuine,” said Resendez, who represents the Pleasant Grove area in southeast Dallas. “I know that some people just don’t like TxDOT’s recommendation, and I’m sure their goal is going to be to find a way to get a different one.”
Atkins, who represents the city’s southernmost district, said he needed more information on the potential economic development and quality of life impacts in the immediate area and around the city before he felt comfortable casting a vote.The Dallas City Council could vote as soon as late spring on whether to greenlight TxDOT’s proposal, city officials say.
Council member Omar Narvaez, who heads the council’s transportation and infrastructure committee, said the City Council would likely get a briefing after the community discussion and could vote on whether to support TxDOT’s preferred option in June.Council member Jesse Moreno, who represents Deep Ellum, said he doesn’t know which option to support and that he believes the city needs another study of the project that specifically focuses on the pros and cons of the two options.
There currently isn’t a deadline for Dallas to approve an option for the highway, said Tony Hartzel, a Texas Department of Transportation spokesman. The state agency is in the midst of fine-tuning the design of the project, but the city’s input is vital for it to move forward and get funded, he said.
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