Um.. we didn't mean to close the street, honest!

Forgive me for being a little cynical about how this was handled...  We have a very quiet, expensive street on the west side called E. Rivercrest.  The homes are gated, the houses are expensive, and there are some very rich people who live there.  About a year ago, we began hearing rumblings that the owners on that street want the road closed off.  A number of media did stories on this.

Fast forward to this month, when, all of the sudden, people who live around Rivercrest noticed the street was being closed off! Oh wait.. it wasn't being "closed off" but just a very long egress was being built.  It's all meant to cut down on cut-through traffic.  While it made homeowners along Rivercrest happy, neighbors on either side of the street are really against it.  They turned out in force at City Council.  Their main complaint:  nobody told us, and now we're getting all their traffic... it's not fair.

Hammered by upset neighbors, Mayor Bill White says the city did not operate "covertly" to  help out the homeowners on Rivercrest.  I haven't figured out why council member Pam Holm didn't know anything about the project, if it wasn't covert.  It's also interesting that both the state representative for the area and his opponent came out against this build out.  State Rep. Jim Murphy and Kristi Thibaut both say the build out should be removed.  Murphy even sent a letter on state stationary.  What happens now?  Will the Mayor stand firm, or will the city back track?  There are two sides to every story, it will be interesting to see where the city finally land.

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Who are they kidding???
This so blatantly favorable to the Rich and Famous, it's silly.
Can't believe Mayor White expects the citizens of Houston to take this kind of shenanigans.
Take those barriers down.
I will now make a special effort to drive out of my way to go down those streets everyday just for the heck of it. The right direction of course.