Mayor White and the tale of two bridges
While residents in one part of town have been waiting seven years for a bridge to be built:
People living in the Manchester area near the Houston Ship Channel have said they sometimes face a long wait just to get in their neighborhood.
Money just waiting to be spent to solve the train trouble has been left untouched for several years.
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Congressman Gene Green has now sent a letter to Mayor Bill White, asking him to expedite the bridge over the tracks that congress approved funding for in 1998."I want him to do what he does best -- get the bureaucracy in gear," Green said. "The frustration is that it's taken seven years."
"I've been frustrated over half my life because of the bureaucracy," said Councilmember Carol Alvarado.
Residents in another part of town appear to be getting a bridge they don't want -- ASAP:
Construction of a controversial bridge at the end of Rosslyn Road that would link Candlelight Estates to a new 17-acre subdivision should be finished by January, said Alvin Freeman, one of the project's developers.
This is despite the efforts of a group of residents who oppose the construction, saying it would increase traffic, and are continuing efforts to see if they can stop it.
Freeman said he and fellow developer Tom Shepard have been accepting bids from contractors to build the bridge, which will be constructed over a drainage ditch.
It will serve as the entryway for Candlelight Place Section 3, a new subdivision that will be located north of Bethlehem Street and south of Pinemont Drive, he said.
Freeman said he and Shepard have the necessary permits required by the city and the Harris County Flood Control District to build the structure.
"We've got the green light from all applicable authorities," Freeman said.
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The opposing residents have met with city officials several times in recent months about the bridge, but those talks have yet to produce any delay for the project.
Ray Bush, 72, who lives on the corner of Bethlehem and Rosslyn and is part of the group against the bridge, said they plan to talk with Mayor Bill White about the situation on Monday at 7 p.m. when he appears at Candlelight Park, 1520 Candlelight, for an Oak Forest Homeowners Association meeting.
Mayor White actually sent an email to Candlelight Estates residents telling them the city couldn't stop the bridge from being built.
It's a rather interesting compare and contrast, isn't it?
Posted by Anne Linehan @ 08/04/05 07:55 AM | Print |
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