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"provider_name": "Action Network",
"provider_url": "https://actionnetwork.org",
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"author_name": "Dallas Neighbors for Housing",
"author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/dallas-neighbors-for-housing",
"title": "City Council Should NOT Endorse TxDOT's Plan for I345",
"thumbnail_url": "https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/378/657/normal/Announcement_of_replace_345_(4).png",
"description": "(re)Place 345 is a new progressive campaign created by a collective of local progressive organizations and community leaders dedicated to fighting for racial equity, environmental safety, and equitable economic development and land use for Interstate 345 (I-345) and its surrounding corridor. Our mission is to ensure Dallas uses this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reimagine and replace I-345 to improve our city with affordable housing, green space, and targeted economic investment while giving reparations to the communities harmed by the initial erection of I-345. Right now, we are asking city leaders to delay the vote to accept the 345 hybrid plan proposed by TxDOT and request that a street-level boulevard option be retained and evaluated simultaneously and in comparison to all other options offered by TxDOT. To read more information on the history, effects, and info on 345: follow this link. Reasons to delay and pursue further investigation: The true cost of construction and secondary economic benefits from TxDOT’shybrid plan has not been clearly articulated, and the available numbers show the boulevard plan is more fiscally beneficial. The cost of the hybrid plan, estimated to be at least $1 billion, is not included in TxDOT’s 10-year plan. A comprehensive environmental impact study has not been completed. It is imprudent to agree to a large-scale highway project with implications for housing, land use, and racial equity before the City finalizes its Comprehensive Housing Policy, Racial Equity Plan, and Comprehensive Land Use Plan. All of these plans are currently being drafted or revised. There has not been a good faith effort by the City and TxDOT to investigate a street-level boulevard plan and the land use around I-345. (re)Place 345 will create a community-led plan for the land freed by I-345 removal that would provide a blueprint for what the City can do to benefit Black residents of Dallas. Dallas residents deserve better. We believe the council has a duty to ask the following questions and consider all options for a better and more equitable City. Have you quantified the past racial equity impact of I-345? How can Dallas make restitution for the past harm created by the highway? What are the plans to make reparations for the damage done to Black residents in Dallas? What is the full environmental impact of the proposed hybrid plan? How does this plan perpetuate environmental racism? How does the current hybrid plan impact the housing and homelessness crisis in our city? What are the full economic impact and opportunities of all options? Is the status quo of keeping Black communities separated from economic opportunities in their own backyards the best path forward?",
"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/city-council-should-further-study-i345"
}