Public Input on University Light Rail Line Sought
Posted on: Monday, 26 June 2006, 06:00 CDT
By Houston Chronicle
Jun. 26--The Metropolitan Transit Authority will hold public meetings this week on its planned University light rail line, the subject of keen debate over potential routes on Westpark and Richmond.
The gatherings, called scoping meetings, are required by federal law. The format will be an open house with no formal presentation or public speeches. There will be several displays with information boards and staff will be available to hear residents' concerns.
Visitors may fill out comment cards or dictate their comments to a stenographer. The public input will be noted in the federally required environmental impact statements.
Metro spokesman George Smalley noted that "environmental" is interpreted broadly to include social impact and quality of life, not just impact on the natural environment.
Smalley said Metro will schedule a meeting in late July to report on the progress of its engineering and environmental work of the line to that point. That work is scheduled to be completed by year's end.
rad.sallee@chron.com
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Source: Houston Chronicle
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