After years of bitter fighting the Dallas City Council Wednesday unanimously endorsed the state plan to replace Interstate 345, but there was a catch.
Critics of the state plan say it was devised by the Texas Department of Transportation.
Michael Morris with the North Central Texas Council of Governments said removing the roadway would hurt downtown Dallas. “This is not a perfect solution, but at the end of the day what we can say if we support this is that today TxDOT and the City of Dallas have decided to take down a highway and we’re going to put something better there in its place,” West said.“So as frustrating as this may be, we must now make lemonade from this situation,” Council Member Jaynie Schultz said.
The compromise that helped achieve the unanimous vote was instructing the city manager to seek funding for additional study not conducted by the state transportation agency. Councilman Paul Ridley who represents portions of the I-345 path, agreed to drop his opposition with those stipulations.
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