Dakota79 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I know this is an architectural site, and I am all for by passing some of these small town speed traps, but couldn't we save these trees?http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/columnists/begley/article/Trees-have-stood-for-centuries-but-now-are-in-5285205.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Thread moved. In the future, please post in the correct section of the forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota79 Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 Will do. Learning my way around this site, which I love by the way. I recommend it often. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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IronTiger Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Bypassing Snook? While it is probably a speed trap, it offers so much more than one horse towns of its pedigree. Sausages and kolaches, chicken fried bacon, and a huge annual music festival... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Vik Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Sad. TxDOT is being stubborn here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Looks like TxDOT will save the oaks after all.http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/transportation/article/State-redesigns-road-to-save-ancient-oak-trees-5295392.php?cmpid=btfpm#/0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota79 Posted March 7, 2014 Author Share Posted March 7, 2014 I am so glad. I am thankful the family stood up for those trees. I am not a tree hugger per se, but if those engineers hopped in their cars/trucks and went to the job site, they surely couldn't imagine smashing them down. Besides, part of the joy of driving in the country is seeing the trees and pastures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate99 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Seems to my foggy recollection that there is a whole lot of nothing that could be imminent domained around Snook to avoid some trees. I never would have figured the traffic in the area would justify a bypass. I smell a subdivision developer with friends at TxDOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luciaphile Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 The whole thing seemed bizarre, and in retrospect like it was always going to be a PR disaster for TxDOT, but probably not -- it happens all the time. It was only due to the family's herculean efforts that anyone heard about it. After I read the article in our local paper to x, he called somebody he knows and likes at TxDOT, one of their people who works on environmental impact statements and mitigation and such, to find out more, and that fellow still hadn't even heard of the issue. ("Too small, maybe," said x, but also: "Their culture is overdue for change.")I wouldn't for a moment expect TxDOT to ever justify a bypass, but the family had said they were more than willing to sell them whatever land they needed to go around the trees. In the event, TxDOT has now admitted that the "urban design" they will pursue will not cost anything more, which seems like a rare moment of truthtelling, probably accidental. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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