Public Invited to Trinity Parkway Public Hearing

The North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) would like to remind all interested parties about the upcoming public hearing on the proposed Trinity Parkway project.

The NTTA, in cooperation with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), will conduct a public hearing on the proposed Trinity Parkway project at 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 5, 2009, at the Dallas Convention Center Arena.

The hearing was called in response to a major milestone, the public release of the project’s Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) and Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation. 

The SDEIS, a comprehensive environmental document, discusses the potential impacts the Trinity Parkway project could have on various social, economic and environmental elements of the project. It provides new or additional information and data analysis performed since the Draft Environmental Impact Statement was published in February 2005. The Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation was prepared due to the proposed project’s potential impacts to historic sites listed or eligible to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

One 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 Interstate Highway 35E/State Highway 183 and ends at U.S. Highway 175/SH 310.

Prior to the hearing, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the same location, NTTA and TxDOT staff will be available during an open house to answer questions about the project. Conceptual schematic drawings, the SDEIS, and other project-related information will be on display and available for review at the open house. The SDEIS is also available for public review on the NTTA’s Web site at http://www.ntta.org/AboutUs/Projects/TrinityParkway.htm.

The formal public hearing presentation begins promptly at 7 p.m., May 5, at the Dallas Convention Center Arena, 650 S. Griffin St. in Dallas. A public comment period is part of the public hearing. Please note in order to allow everyone to comment, answers will be provided to questions after the hearing and will be posted on the NTTA Web site.

Oral and written comments are welcome during the open house and public hearing. A court reporter will be present to record individual comments from attendees, as well as record any comments made during the formal public hearing.

Written comments may be submitted at the public hearing or mailed to: Attn: Corridor Manager, Re: Trinity Parkway Project, NTTA, P.O. Box 260729, Plano, TX, 75026. Written comments also will be accepted by e-mail at trinityparkway@ntta.org. All comments must be received or postmarked on or before Friday, May 15, 2009, to be included in the public hearing record.