METRO might change a route, again!

Following the protest-loudly-and-often motto of the Afton Oaks people, the homeowners along Wheeler Ave. are on the verge of getting what they want:  No light rail... at least not for a few blocks.

After a closed door, no media allowed meeting Thursday night, homeowners, council members, and METRO hammered out a possible compromise for the line.  Right now, if you go East bound along Richmond, the proposed line would take you from Richmond to Wheeler until it hits TSU.  The alternative (told to me by people who were at the meeting) would go from Richmond to Wheeler, jog north along Cleburne/Hutchins/Dowling, until it his W. Alabama, which will then continue on to TSU.

For many of the long time residents of Wheeler, the potential compromise is good news.  I talked to several today, who say-- unlike the Afton Oaks folks -- they actually use mass transit.  However, they just thought Wheeler is too narrow. It's four lanes with no median.  W. Alabama and Richmond, are three lanes with a median.  Nothing is certain yet, the whole change-a-roo still needs a METRO board vote.. but it looks very possible that the folks on the Southeast side might get what they want... now if they'd just let us in those meetings!

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[Royko]

Oh, yeah! METREAUX's Wilson often boasts of the transit bureaucracy being transparent.

Baloney!

"Don't waste any brain cells thinking about it." R. Roberts