TxDOT vs. basically everyone in Austin
Widespread opposition to the I-35 expansion has led to its logical conclusion: TheWednesday, at a press conference outside Stars Cafe , organizers withannounced their new lawsuit over the $4.5 billion expansion, following TxDOT's release of its final plans approving its own environmental impact statement August 21.
"This highway that stands right behind us was built to exclude Black and brown Austinites from opportunities, access, and resources – and here we are 60 years later, and the people with power want to expand the highway to a staggering 22 lanes," began Council Member. She urged that the expansion"will not solve transportation or equity issues. It won't ease traffic, that is clear. More lanes means more cars.
Montgomery countered:"TxDOT, you know what you need to do. You put it in your report. This massive highway expansion project sandwich may have a thin shared-use transit crust, but it is not designed for mode shift or climate action. That has never been the goal.
The lack of public support for the project was underscored by housing and mobility advocate Felicity Maxwell, who flagged that at no point were elected officials – Council members, Congressmen Lloyd Doggett and Greg Casar, or even Pete Buttigieg of the Federal Highway Administration – allowed to weigh in on the expansion. The only entity that did was the regional; the three Austin City Council members represented on the CAMPO Board did vote against more funding for the project.
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