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Originally Posted by The North One
Nope, read the annotations in the video. It would require a third party to come up with a development plan and to finance it. Purely "conceptual".
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Honestly, for a freeway project in Houston this one is remarkably progressive. It removes half of the downtown freeway loop completely, removing the barrier on the south and west sides of downtown Houston. The other half of the downtown freeway loop gets pushed below ground, where it can be covered by park space, convention center expansion, stadium parking decks, or (maybe) private development.
It also sinks the Southwest Freeway through Midtown, where the Main St corridor will benefit urbanistically.
Basically, it's Houston's Big Dig, and should have many of the same urban benefits that Boston experienced whether the trenches get decked over or not. Those who are screaming about a "boondoggle freeway expansion" are deliberately ignoring the very real freeway
removals and remediations that are part of the project.