"They're trying to destroy a whole community."
Opponents Unite To Battle Bandera Road Elevated Tollway Option
August 4, 2006
KSAT.com
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SAN ANTONIO -- Several community organizations mounted a continuing effort Friday to put the brakes to an elevated toll-road option over Bandera Road.
Members of San Antonio Toll Party and AGUA are among groups trying to convince the Alamo Regional Mobility Authority to abandon the idea of possibly building an elevated tollway between Loops 410 and 1604 with no exits.
"It just seems outrageous because they're trying ... (to) destroy a whole community," said Terri Hall of San Antonio Toll Party.
Another concern for opponents is that the toll road would be built over the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone.
"We want to make sure anything that happens minimizes negative impacts to the water quality in the recharge zone," said Annalisa Peace of AGUA.
Texas Department of Transportation officials estimate that 54,000 vehicles travel daily through Bandera Road and officials are looking for ways to relieve congestion.
Hall agrees about the traffic troubles but said that there are better alternatives, include synchronizing of traffic lights, increasing public transportation and reversing the lanes of travel during peak traffic hours.
Alamo Regional Mobility Authority officials are accepting public comments on the proposal until Monday.
But Terry Brechtel of ARMA stresses that many options are being looked at before a final recommendation is made on what to do about Bandera Road, if anything.
"The alignment we're looking at today is a corridor that has many options available to it," she said. "There's a lot of misinformation in the community about an elevated corridor. We're looking at elevated, at grade. We're looking at the possibility of a creek alignment that was also mentioned in the feasibility study."
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August 4, 2006
KSAT.com
Copyright 2006
SAN ANTONIO -- Several community organizations mounted a continuing effort Friday to put the brakes to an elevated toll-road option over Bandera Road.
Members of San Antonio Toll Party and AGUA are among groups trying to convince the Alamo Regional Mobility Authority to abandon the idea of possibly building an elevated tollway between Loops 410 and 1604 with no exits.
"It just seems outrageous because they're trying ... (to) destroy a whole community," said Terri Hall of San Antonio Toll Party.
Another concern for opponents is that the toll road would be built over the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone.
"We want to make sure anything that happens minimizes negative impacts to the water quality in the recharge zone," said Annalisa Peace of AGUA.
Texas Department of Transportation officials estimate that 54,000 vehicles travel daily through Bandera Road and officials are looking for ways to relieve congestion.
Hall agrees about the traffic troubles but said that there are better alternatives, include synchronizing of traffic lights, increasing public transportation and reversing the lanes of travel during peak traffic hours.
Alamo Regional Mobility Authority officials are accepting public comments on the proposal until Monday.
But Terry Brechtel of ARMA stresses that many options are being looked at before a final recommendation is made on what to do about Bandera Road, if anything.
"The alignment we're looking at today is a corridor that has many options available to it," she said. "There's a lot of misinformation in the community about an elevated corridor. We're looking at elevated, at grade. We're looking at the possibility of a creek alignment that was also mentioned in the feasibility study."
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