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He said they want better options than what’s been proposed. Ehardt said TxDOT has failed to look at other alternatives. A new report recently found this stretch of highway is the most dangerous in the country. TxDOT said they’ve spent more than a decade working on the project that would shift the flow of traffic around downtown to make it safer and improve traffic congestion and commute times. The survey asks residents if they support keeping the project and funding as proposed OR support removing it. “We need to be doing more detailed surveys and presenting different alternatives to th...

Grieder: Pause on I-45 expansion plans gives Houstonians a chance to really think about the future By Erica Grieder, Staff writer Susan Graham, a retired nurse who lives in Houston’s Near Northside neighborhood, was bemused as she recalled the beginning days of the Stop TxDOT I-45 group, which she cofounded a couple of years ago. Back then, she says, she just loaded up her Kia Soul with yard signs and waited outside community meetings on the subject with an email sign-up list and a Mason jar for donations. Her neighborhood, she knew, might not suffer the worst direct impacts...

TxDOT moves ahead with I-45 expansion as objections continue Tags:  HOUSTON – The Texas Department of Transportation has given itself approval to move into the next phase of a $7.5 billion proposal to rebuild Interstate 45 in downtown Houston, despite community concerns that the highway expansion’s disadvantages outweigh its proposed benefits. TxDOT announced a “record of decision” Thursday, a formality that moves the proposed expansion from the environmental phase to the design phase. “The (record of decision) is a necessary step in moving into the detailed design phases of projec...