I checked out the map near Fair Park.
At the corner of Malcolm X Boulevard and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard is the Islamic Center of South Dallas.
Nice neighborhood.
Yes, and it will stay a hood, no matter how many billions you sink into it.
That isn’t really South Dallas. There is already some development around the police headquarters/Cedars Dart station. The area that would benefit from the trench would be the area between there and downtown, including the Old City Park area. Developers are already picking up the good pieces down through there, and the paper is right, it would make that area boom.
That being said, at least one powerful developer has his eyes on the I-145 connector between Central Expressway and I-45. I expect the push to tear out the interstate and turn it over to a developer in a sweetheart deal to get pushed through at some point. Of course, folks going from Plano to Houston would have to go 75-Woodall Rogers-35-30-45 instead of the short direct cut through. But as long as a developer can make money, who in Dallas cares?
Stupid Laura Miller did not realize that by inviting Jerry Jones into the mix would have naturally invited others who would have revitalized the entire downtown and Fair Park area.
When Jerry built his stadium in Arlington, the entire highway infrastructure also got reinforced and updated. Coincidence? I think not.
Now, Jerry is building his new Cowboy training facility in Frisco way north of downtown, which will be surrounded by restaurants and lofts. This could have been the Fair Park area, but no. Stupid Laura Miller did not want to let Jerry get the ball rolling.
Investors have lined up in Frisco and the building is incredible. Fair Park is existing on the fumes of Laura Miller and the new crop of know-it-alls who wouldn't know an interested investor if he bit them on their collective @$$.
The best thing about I-30 is it gets me out of Dallas and back to sunny Fort Worth as quickly as possible. Except on Fridays.
With the $TRILLIONS the government has already spent, why do we not already have the worlds best roads and bridges and electrical system?
But wait!
SH190 loop was suppose to save DFW!
That is the Regional Mobility Commission sold in 1990. What happened?
If I was moving to the greater Dallas area, I’d move to Rockwall. It’s a great little city 30-45 minutes east of Dallas on I-30. It’s out of Dallas County with its high taxes and liberal policies. Low crime rates and far enough from Dallas to keep out the Black Lives Matter crowd.