HOUSTON, TX - (July 25, 2019) - Concerned Houstonians will address the Houston-Galveston Area Council’s (H-GAC) Transportation Policy Council (TPC) on July 26 at 9:30 a.m. to urge decisionmakers to delay voting on $100 million for Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) Segment 2 of the North Houston Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP) until January 2020, [...]
As TxDOT’s plan to revamp I-45 moves forward, some concerned citizens are pushing back. JUST OUTSIDE THE GATES of Bruce Elementary school in the Fifth Ward, over 30 community organizers, activists, and concerned citizens gathered Tuesday morning to call for delaying the approval of the proposed expansion and overhaul of I-45. Advocates for the I-45 expansion [...]
HOUSTON, Texas — A major reworking of multiple Houston freeways is moving forward. But some hope for a temporary roadblock. Several groups sent a singular message July 23 during a joint news conference. They're trying to persuade the Houston-Galveston Area Council to vote against local matching funds during a meeting later this week. [Read [...]
Families living near downtown Houston are hoping to temporarily curb the North Houston Highway Improvement Project which is expected to relocate businesses and homes in mostly lower income areas. [Read more.] KHOU 11 | JULY 23, 2019 Read Full Article
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A plan to remake I-45 is being protested by some community leaders on the north side of Houston who claim the project will force thousands of low-income residents out of their homes. The North Houston Highway Improvement Project calls for I-45 to be lifted from its current route to follow [...]
HOUSTON - Community advocates called for a delay Tuesday in the planned vote aimed at funding an expansion plan for Interstate 45 in Houston. The vote by the Houston-Galveston Area Council planned for Friday would address a request by the Texas Department of Transportation for a $100 million down payment to rebuild the portion of [...]
Activists Want To Delay Funding Vote On I-45 Expansion The proposed $7 billion I-45 widening project would extend from downtown Houston to Beltway 8 North. TxDOT says the work is needed to support the region’s growing population, but many people along the route are worried about losing their homes and businesses because of the expansion. TxDOT is now [...]
HOUSTON (FOX 26) - When you launch a $7 billion, decade-long highway expansion project, lots of lives change, and sometimes not for the better. Ahead of a major vote this week by the Houston-Galveston Area Council’s Transportation Committee, community activists say the current I-45 plan generates too much pain for mostly poor, mostly minority Houstonians. [Read [...]
Good morning, my name is Oni Blair, and I am the executive director of LINK Houston. LINK Houston advocates for an equitable and robust transportation network so that all people can reach opportunity. Thank you for joining us here at Bruce Elementary where the highway directly impacts the students who attend this school. We [...]
Plans to overhaul Interstate 45 north of downtown Houston inched forward this week, but not without some hesitation and a slew of caveats by some local officials who have been asked to commit $100 million to the massive project. [Read more.] Houston Chronicle Dug Begley | JULY 18, 2019 READ FULL ARTICLE [...]
