Reprint from the Progress Times - July 25, 2008
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Hidalgo county toll road meetings delayed

 

Hurricane Dolly caused the series of public comment meetings for the proposed Hidalgo County toll road loop to be postponed.

Dennis Burleson, chairman of the Hidalgo County Regional Mobility Authority, announced that the meetings originally scheduled for July 22, 23 and 24 will be re-scheduled for the first week in August. The exact dates for the re-scheduled meetings were not available as of press time, but will be announced next week.

The two meetings scheduled for July 29 and 30, next week, are expected to be held as originally planned.

Tuesday, July 29, there will be a meeting at 5:30 p.m. at the Edinburg North High School library. Section D will be the subject of discussion. This section is to be a new location roadway connecting from U.S. 83 between Alamo and Donna north to U.S. 281 north of Edinburg.

The meeting scheduled for Wednesday, July 30 will be held in the McAllen Chamber of Commerce Conference Room, located at 1200 Ash Avenue. This will be the countywide meeting where the entire loop project will be discussed.

The Hidalgo County Regional Mobility Authority (RMA) scheduled a series of public meetings to present the preferred route selected by the RMA for the proposed Hidalgo County Loop/Toll Road. The preferred route for the $700 million toll road was announced by

the RMA at the board’s July 1 meeting in Weslaco.

A series of five public meetings is planned to allow public input on the preferred route. A separate public meeting is scheduled for each of the four sections of the proposed toll road, and one county-wide public meeting/open house is planned for the entire project.

A map showing the approximate locations of the routes that the RMA considered is on the Progress Times Web site, www.progresstimes.net.

Written comments relative to the proposed project may be presented at any of the meetings or submitted to the HCRMA staff at the Hidalgo County Road Builders office, located at 801 W. Nolana, Suite 205, McAllen, Texas 78504, any time before August 11, 2008.