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sprjus4:
--- Quote from: kernals12 on June 10, 2023, 11:00:10 AM ---
--- Quote from: sprjus4 on June 10, 2023, 01:32:58 AM ---
--- Quote from: Bobby5280 on June 10, 2023, 12:49:06 AM ---Long overdue project. Although I disagree with this statement in the article, "Hays County, in partnership with the city of Buda, is exploring the feasibility of the Gap Project before the area is substantially developed."
I don't know how they can claim the potential ROW area is substantially developed when, according to Google Earth imagery from April 2023, the actual path is still very much clear. I smell an anti-highway stance coming from the article writer.
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They never claimed it is substantially developed, and the quote you use doesn’t claim it is either.
--- Quote ---Several large-scale residential and mixed-use developments are currently planned in this area between I-35 and RM 1626.
As more development plans progress, the SH 45 Gap Project becomes more challenging and impactful. Hays County, in partnership with the city of Buda, is exploring the feasibility of the Gap Project before the area is substantially developed.
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Bold emphasis is my own.
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Are those developments planned in the path of the highway? If so, it should be a scandal that neither TxDOT nor CTRMA bought the ROW.
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Maybe that’s why they’re doing this study… to develop a corridor and potentially purchase right of way?
Rothman:
--- Quote from: sprjus4 on June 11, 2023, 12:08:23 AM ---
--- Quote from: kernals12 on June 10, 2023, 11:00:10 AM ---
--- Quote from: sprjus4 on June 10, 2023, 01:32:58 AM ---
--- Quote from: Bobby5280 on June 10, 2023, 12:49:06 AM ---Long overdue project. Although I disagree with this statement in the article, "Hays County, in partnership with the city of Buda, is exploring the feasibility of the Gap Project before the area is substantially developed."
I don't know how they can claim the potential ROW area is substantially developed when, according to Google Earth imagery from April 2023, the actual path is still very much clear. I smell an anti-highway stance coming from the article writer.
--- End quote ---
They never claimed it is substantially developed, and the quote you use doesn’t claim it is either.
--- Quote ---Several large-scale residential and mixed-use developments are currently planned in this area between I-35 and RM 1626.
As more development plans progress, the SH 45 Gap Project becomes more challenging and impactful. Hays County, in partnership with the city of Buda, is exploring the feasibility of the Gap Project before the area is substantially developed.
--- End quote ---
Bold emphasis is my own.
--- End quote ---
Are those developments planned in the path of the highway? If so, it should be a scandal that neither TxDOT nor CTRMA bought the ROW.
--- End quote ---
Maybe that’s why they’re doing this study… to develop a corridor and potentially purchase right of way?
--- End quote ---
New ROW acquisition on federal-aid projects happens post-design approval (after preliminary engineering and before detailed design for PS&E), so it depends on where the project actually stands.
sprjus4:
^ It also doesn’t necessarily need to be right of way. It can be simply where to approve rezoning projects, where to preserve a path, etc.
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