Will Arlington highways be ready when the Dallas Cowboys arrive in '09?
Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck appeared today on KTCK-AM 1310, and told host Norm Hitzges he's worried that the Texas Department of Transportation is running behind. He said ground was supposed to break two months ago on Interstate 30 expansion. Although some of the work will take at least three years, the contractor has financial incentives to complete the new Baird Farm Road extension to the new stadium by 2009.
(Cluck, far right)
"Now I'm getting very nervous whether everything can be finished by the time they play their first game," Cluck said.
As luck would have it, Honkin' Mad ran into TxDot spokeswoman Jodi Hodges a few minutes later. Hodges said the projects "are having some right-of-way and utility issues," but the agency is confident they can still be built on time.
Read more about the stadium transportation plans HERE ...
oh, NOW the mayor of Arlington is worried that highway infrastructure won't be ready by the time the Cowboys stadium opens! After he sold out his city with new taxes and sold out his residents with evictions, NOW he's worried! This is one more excuse for me to avoid Arlington, and I certainly will. Mark my words: from August through October each year, the highways will be virtually impassable near Six Flags/Rangers/Cowboys-ville.
Posted by: sam Barber | May 31, 2007 at 07:36 AM
I am more concerned about getting 820 and 35 widened -- and they should have been years ago! Why is that such a low priority? It does not make sense to me...
Posted by: Sojourner | May 31, 2007 at 12:59 PM