Shocker: Rail Boondoggle May Skirt "Scary" Neighborhoods
There's only one media outlet in town that's generally behind the Comical at covering "news" and that's Comical partner KHOU-11.
They're finally getting around to the latest on the next phase of the world-class light-rail boondoggle:
The next line for the Metro rail was suppose [sic] to go north, eventually to Intercontinental Airport. Now that may not happen and a lot of people on the northside say they feel betrayed.
"The streets are already wide. All you need to do is run two rails, coming up the middle, one north, one south.," said Ed Reyes as he surveys Fulton Street just inside The Loop.
That is where Metro had planned to begin phase two of its light rail master plan. Only now, he's hearing that may not happen.
"To leave these neighborhoods out would be terrible at this point." Reyes says.
He’d hoped Metro's route going past Moody Park, up Fulton to the Northline Mall would revitalize the neighborhoods. But now Metro is considering moving it alongside the Hardy Toll Road.
At Festival Furniture, on Fulton, Eva Mendez says she was counting on rail. "More people come in, more people see the business. Something like that," said Mendez.
You were played for fools, you silly people. Did you ever really think that a promise to extend light rail through your low-income neighborhood would actually be honored after you turned out voters to get the dang thing passed? You served your purpose! Now be quiet and go away! Shoo!
You poor SOBs will be lucky to have bus service through your neighborhoods after the boondoggle invariably loses more money than anyone ever anticipated, and other city services will have to be pared to support it.
But hey, it's worth it so affluent downtown patrons can ride the tram instead of the bus! What part of "world-class" didn't you people understand when you helped the light-rail proponents win their little referendum?
Posted by Kevin Whited @ 07/19/04 21:34 | Danger Train | Technorati
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