A southern Dallas deck park would not be cheap.
A Dallas City Council committee voted Monday to support building a 5.5-acre deck above Interstate 35E near the Dallas Zoo. But that support wasn’t exactly overwhelming.
“My constituents have been disrespected as we just move forward for a location,” said Carolyn King Arnold, who represents the area where the city’s second deck park is proposed.
Arnold’s not convinced that planting a multimillion-dollar deck park close to downtown as part of the $625 million Southern Gateway project is good for the residents or the businesses along the corridor, some of whom are concerned about being displaced in favor of 5 acres of green space.
“The community is confused,” Arnold said Monday. That’s because “they hear there is funding,” and there isn’t, she said.
The Southern Gateway project stretches from East Colorado Boulevard, just south of the Trinity River, to the U.S. Highway 67 split. It will add and widen lanes, lengthen exit and entrance ramps and add shoulders where there aren’t any. And for months the overhaul has included the prospect of a new deck park.
Right now, there are four options on the table: the 5.5-acre deck extending from South Marsalis Avenue to South Ewing Avenue; a 3.1-acre version from West 12th Street to South Beckley Avenue; a 2.2-acre version extending from Ewing to Upton Street; and a 1.7-acre possibility much farther south, near Overton Road. According to Tanya Brooks, the city’s chief transportation planner, the zoo location has the most going for it — but it would also necessitate moving the zoo entrance, and require a tunnel like Klyde Warren Park.
It’s “the more ambitious and most expensive” option, Brooks said. And it’s the one with “the largest possible impact.”
That’s why it’s the most expensive option of the four. … [visit site to read more]
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