A major milestone has recently been reached on the Trinity Parkway project as the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation (SDEIS) for the Trinity Parkway is now available for public review.  The public is also invited to attend a public hearing on the project conducted by the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA), in cooperation with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), scheduled for May 5, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. at the Dallas Convention Center Arena.

 

The SDEIS discusses the potential impacts the Trinity Parkway project could have on various social, economic and environmental elements. The document was prepared to provide new or additional information and data analysis performed since the Draft Environmental Impact Statement was published in February 2005.  A no-build alternative (Alternative 1) and eight build alternatives (Alternatives 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B and 5) are evaluated in the SDEIS and will be presented at the public hearing.  Each build alternative is approximately nine miles long and begins at IH 35E/State Highway (SH) 183 and ends at U.S. Highway 175/SH 310. 

 

The hearing on the proposed Trinity Parkway project will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 5, 2009, at the Dallas Convention Center Arena, 650 S. Griffin Street, Dallas, 75202. The purpose of the public hearing is to inform and solicit comments from the public on the conceptual schematics for proposed project alternatives as well as the information contained in the SDEIS.  The formal public hearing presentation will begin promptly at 7 p.m., followed by a public comment period. Please note that during the public comment period, responses to comments will not be made because of time constraints and in order to allow everyone an opportunity to speak. 

 

Prior to the hearing, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., NTTA and TxDOT staff will be available at an open house to answer questions about the project.  Conceptual schematic drawings, the SDEIS, and other project-related information will be available for review and displayed at the open house.  

 

The SDEIS is available for public review on the NTTA’s Web site, at (http://www.ntta.org/AboutUs/Projects/TrinityParkway.htm). 

 

The SDEIS and conceptual schematic drawings have been placed on file at the following locations:

·        City of Dallas (1500 Marilla Street, Room 6BS, Dallas, 75201)

·        Dallas County (411 Elm Street, 4th Floor, Dallas, 75202)

 

These items are also on file and available for public inspection and review at the following locations:

·        NTTA Offices, 5900 W. Plano Parkway, Suite 100, Plano, 75093

·        TxDOT – Dallas District Library, 4777 E. Highway 80, Mesquite, 75150

·        North Central Texas Council of Governments headquarters – Center Point Two, 2nd Floor, 616 Six Flags Drive, Arlington, 76011

 

Copies of the SDEIS are available for review in hard copy and/or CD-ROM format at the following locations:

·        J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas 75201

·        Martin L. King Jr. Branch Library, 2922 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Dallas 75215

·        Dallas West Branch Library, 2332 Singleton Boulevard, Dallas 75212

·        North Oak Cliff Branch Library, 302 W. Tenth Street, Dallas 75208

·        Oak Lawn Branch Library, 4100 Cedar Springs Road, Dallas 75219

·        Pleasant Grove Branch Library, 1125 S. Buckner Boulevard, Dallas 75217

·        Dallas Regional Chamber, 700 N. Pearl Street, Suite 1200, Dallas 75201

·        Oak Cliff Chamber of Commerce, 400 S. Zang Boulevard, Suite 110, Dallas 75208

·        West Dallas Chamber of Commerce, 2424 N. Westmoreland Road, Dallas 75212

·        Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce, 2838 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Dallas 75215

·        Greater Dallas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, 4622 Maple Avenue, Suite 207, Dallas 75219

·        Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce, 11171 Harry Hines Boulevard, Suite 115, Dallas 75229

·        Downtown Dallas, 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 4600E, Dallas 75201

·        West Dallas Multipurpose Center, 2828 Fish Trap Road, Dallas 75212

·        New Hope Baptist Church, 5002 S. Central Expressway, Dallas 75215

·        St. Philips Neighborhood Development Corporation, 1622 Panama Place, Dallas 75215