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Sunday, April 5, 2009

I'm sorry, Mayor, but I just don't understand your reasoning here

On his Transportation Blog today, Michael Lindenberger of the Dallas Morning News had the following quote from Da Mayor concerning the levees and the proposed toll road in the Trinity River Corridor Project:

The genesis of this project was improving flood protection. So from the start, we fully expected that the components - including the Parkway - would be a part of that fix and must enhance the level of flood protection for Dallas. That planning must not stop because it only will delay the fixes longer. For instance, the Parkway component will enhance flood protection along its length with a wider and higher levee.

Someone needs to explain to me in language that I can understand (admittedly, that means simplistic) how the toll road will "enhance the level of flood protection for Dallas." At the same time, tell me why you need a toll road in order to have "a wider and higher levee."

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