Teri Hall and TURF spell it out for you, the Dallas Observer lays it out for you.
WHO's involved? Oh yes, the North Central Texas Council of Governments, the Army Corp of Engineers, TXDOT and the Trinity River. No, not Fort Worth, this time in Dallas. YOU get the drift...and the shaft.
Notice how the cost escalates, as usual.
It's a total OUTRAGE to build this road 100% with federal and state tax money and then charge drivers a toll, a second tax, to use it! This is a tax grab, plain & simple.
But he didn't need to make much of a case; as Michael Morris, the head of transportation for the North Central Texas Council of Governments, and TxDOT and city officials explained earlier this week, the Horseshoe Project is a slam-dunk. The $700 million is there, courtesy the state Legislature and myriad other funding sources that will pay for the bridges -- the other two Calatravas the city so desperately wants running over the Trinity River, for which there's $92 million in federal funds. (Pensock did say, at one point, that the project will more than likely cost closer to $800 million when it's wrapped in five years, fingers crossed.)
There are, of course, a few issues to deal with before the traffic jam, including finishing a design and getting a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, since, as Pensock said, the bridges go over the levees, which presents "a particularly sticky issue due to flooding.
"I don't know if we'll ever be able to truly solve congestion in Dallas."
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