Northside residents hold METRO protest march
KTRK-13's Mark Garay reports that some north Houston residents marched in protest of METRO's North Main trolley plans:
A group of protestors walked from Northline Mall beginning at 9am Tuesday. They plan to continue walking to Moody Park and then to City Hall this afternoon in protest of this rail line.
The protestors say the route will hurt the north side neighborhoods and businesses. They also believe the rail line will endanger school kids. They say the ballot referendum specified Hardy Road as the rail route and they say that's what they voted for.
"They misled the community by having North Hardy on the ballot," said protestor Mario Umanzo. "Because people, when they read North Hardy, automatically comes to my mind, North Hardy not North Main."
"METRO was never really specific about what route they were going to use. They just wanted it to come north and north it's coming," said Richard Leal with ACORN.
Ambiguity and obfuscation? Surely not from METRO!
The Chronicle's Rad Sallee also reports on the protest.
UPDATE: KHOU-11's Dan Lauck also reports.
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