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  1. Triton
    As long as I've been alive, it's been a bipartisan endeavor to throw billions of dollars at a project even if there are overruns. You're making it sound like the budget is capped. Just because this project overruns, doesn't necessarily mean this affects things elsewhere. There's certainly ways for TXDOT to get more money.
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    Certainly possible especially during the campaign season but a lot of the crime I've seen has been going on ever since the Hardy Yards apartment units first opened. Vehicles broken into is a major problem. And I think the data alone did point to a bump in crime post-Covid. (homicides, burglaries, etc.... and I don't mean at this place, I mean city and even nationwide). I guess to play devil's advocate, crime can really hit any multi-family complex especially hard but I guess it just hits me personally every time I see some alert about this place. It just plays into what this could have been... the initial renderings I saw and then the end product. True, crime could have still hit even a really nice spot and it's good we are getting some affordable housing around here. And then when I hear residents complain about the Fulton connection to San Jacinto bringing in more traffic into the area, I'm like... sure, possibly.... but it brings a better connection to our area. Anyway, sorry, just ranting over nothing. lol Hope everyone has a fun New Years. 😅
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    Out of all the big projects in Houston, this hands down turned out to be one of the biggest disappointments. Would have been the biggest mixed-use development close to home but instead all you hear about is the major crime going on Nextdoor at this place.
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    I missed the conversation before I posted. Discussing this project is fine but all the personal attacks on other posters will not be tolerated and will result in a temporary suspension from the site.
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    https://communityimpact.com/houston/bay-area/development/2022/12/27/us-government-authorizes-construction-for-coastal-barrier-project/
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    And the county has dropped the lawsuit. And since the federal government relies on local input, they'll be soon to follow. https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2022/12/22/harris-county-signs-mou-nhhip.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search
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    None of us disagree. As @Houston19514 pointed out, it's just all the same material packaged in a different form... Well, actually, some of it is the same exact wording we've been hearing for years too. Here's the truth no one is admitting. A very active group came forth.. They went to the news, they went everywhere. The politicians had no choice but to either take action or potentially face primary challenges. They chose action, even though they knew from the beginning that they would do lip service, claim some sort of victory and push forward the same exact plan all along. But the cost of what they did was push back a project that should have started a while ago, now at a very expensive cost. If anyone really thinks this project is still going to cost $9 or $10 billion, they are kidding themselves.
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    So now that I've had sometime to go over what was released... People against this project have to realize that it appears nothing has changed whatsoever to what TXDOT has previously agreed to far before this "compromise" was declared? Some of this text is word for word what I saw at the TXDOT workshops in Midtown and in Northside years ago. I can't seem to find any new schematics but this appears to be a joke and if this was going to go forward like this, then there should have never been this delay. It's all theatrics.
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    Called it! Only took a few weeks after the midterms. It was too politically risky to do anything beforehand.
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    This has to be one of the most exciting projects I've seen in a while on this forum. Sure, we can get nice developments here and there, but projects like these really bring different parts of Houston together. Ever since I moved into the greater Heights area in 2012, I learned to bike around all over the city to get to where I needed to go. One of the biggest challenges was always going north from the Heights down to the Montrose area and vice versa. Sure, there's the bayou connection near the Waugh bridge and several others but it wasn't exactly a straight shot. I always wanted to just go on Montrose but the sidewalks in this section are atrocious. Totally broken up, too small so you always have to go into the grass for dog walkers, overgrown grass... the list just goes on and on, it was never a pleasant experience. I truly feel like this improvement is going to tie together these two areas and make it easier to cross from one side of the bayou to the other.
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    Wow this was from 2016. I can't even recognize this area anymore.... almost every single block here has changed. Miss the ole Urban Bicycle gallery there before they went into lux bikes with the new owner.
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    Very interesting...
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    Good to hear it is staying. JP Morgan has most execs and VPs from NYC and London stay at this location, and we've heard nothing but good things about it whenever someone stays there.
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    The warehouse just north of it on the other side of the train tracks looks like it's primed to be a beer garden.
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    Considerable work being done on the outside now. The staircase has always been open is now being walled off.
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    Surprised W Gray isn't getting a road diet here too. This section needs to be redone and made to look more like that rendering above.
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    Man the fiery is all over the place about that barrier... It's a little nutty. Lol It's not that difficult to turn left on Norhill Blvd instead and in fact it's probably even safer because of that blind spot turn on White Oak when driving west.
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    Yes was just about to post its open! It was closed this morning
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    You haven't driven over here on a Friday or Saturday night, have you? You should... it's actually sort of exciting to see the scene over there now. Houston's own Rainey Street District. Anyway, parking is insane and lines up and down the roads of 20th st. In fact, I won't be surprised if we see more parking lots over here. With no good transit options (I guess there's a bus but I doubt this crowd takes the bus), expect to see a lot more cars in the area.
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    It's been a while since I've seen a new Shell being built. Btw, from the road, this place looks massive! Looks like it has a decent sized car wash in the back after all... like comparable to the Mr Carwash Express on Washington.
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    100% this. I was there in the meetings in the very beginning (because I live close to I-45) and no one was raising any idea about mass transit until too far into the project when they are trying to finalize the design. When TXDOT first proposed doing this project, the city should have been working with them hand in hand. Would be curious how that section south of the Westpark Tollway got there. Did the city and the toll road authority work together to keep that land available? It's clearly meant for mass transit with even the highway pillars being set so that light rail or BRT can travel between them. That sort of engagement should have been here on this project but it never was. I didn't see BRT diagrams until the final months of decision making for the I-45 project. The most my neighborhood and surrounding neighborhoods were trying to do were working on connections that TXDOT was removing, such as the North St Bridge (which is gone unfortunately in the design) and ramps on the northside of N Main which I still don't understand. There was also the talk of sound barriers. That was literally it.
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    View from Embassy Suites (photos from Google Reviews):
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    Houston by Marc longoria, on Flickr Houston by Marc longoria, on Flickr
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