It seems like the political winds are moving against the Dallas Trinity Toll Road proposal—but the debate isn't over yet.
"The Dallas City Council on Thursday declined to withdraw the most controversial version of the Trinity Parkway toll road," report Elizabeth Findell and Brandon Formby.
But that's not the same thing as supporting the Toll Road: "But at the same marathon meeting, members also unanimously voted against unconditionally supporting the large version of the toll road, known as Alternative 3C. They said they could build a smaller, meandering parkway recommended by a 'dream team' of experts as a first phase on the already-approved footprint."
Findell and Formby's coverage includes the details of the "marathon" meeting, including insight into the historic and political context of the Toll Road proposal.
Angie Schmitt at Streetsblog picked up on the news about the Toll Road developments, picking up on the ambivalence (and maybe confusion for all of us outsiders) of the situation. Writes Schmitt: "It seems like the Trinity Toll Road — a proposal to build a wide, high-speed road right next to the Trinity River in Dallas — is losing momentum. But the politics of road-building in Texas are tricky, and the highway isn’t dead yet."
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