MEDIA ADVISORY: PUBLIC COMMENTS TO URGE REGIONAL DECISIONMAKERS TO DELAY VOTE ON $100 MILLION FOR I-45 EXPANSION
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, [...]
Safer Streets Task Force Seeks Input on Safety and Accessibility from Disability Community
The Houston Commission on Disabilities’ Special Task Force on Intersection and Sidewalk Safety will host two townhall meetings to solicit feedback from the disability community on the Safer Streets Initiative. On July 9, residents can participate through a telephone townhall by calling 720-707-2699, followed by 677 302 465 ID number. Those who prefer to [...]
Regional Policy Entity Should Delay Vote on $100 Million for I-45 Expansion
While concerned residents, business owners, community stakeholders and city officials are currently in the midst of additional community engagement regarding adverse impacts of the North Houston Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP), the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is inching closer to securing funding for Segment 2 of the proposed I-45 expansion. On Friday, July 26, [...]
Mayor Turner Announces Vision Zero for Houston
At the June 10 press conference at 10 th Street and Shepherd Drive, Mayor Turner and City officials announced safety and accessibility improvements at the location as part of the Safer Streets Initiative. To top off the list of the improvements, Mayor Turner announced that the City of Houston will adopt a Vision Zero [...]
Communities and Stakeholders Advocate for Changes in the North Houston Highway Improvement Project
In the lead up to the June 13 press conference and City Council committee meeting, dozens of Near Northside residents packed into Avenue CDC’s Housing Recovery Center on May 29. Their concern: The Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) $7 billion North Houston Highway Improvement Project (NHHIP), which in its current design will push out [...]
TxDOT Makes a Play for $100 Million for Segment 2 of the I-45 Project
While TxDOT is slowly working with communities to understand the opposition to the project as currently planned, the state agency is simultaneously maneuvering to secure funding for Segment 2 of the NHHIP, extending along I-45 from I-10 to just north of I-610 adjacent to the Independence Heights community. At the June 19 meeting of [...]
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Families try to block freeway expansion around downtown Houston
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 [...]
I-45 freeway expansion will force people out of homes, group says
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 [...]
Advocates call for delay in vote on major I-45 expansion plans
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 [...]
Activists Want To Delay Funding Vote On I-45 Expansion
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 [...]
Protesters say I-45 expansion will affect minority Houstonians
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 [...]
H-GAC committee offers support for I-45 rebuild, but not without concerns
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 [...]