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The billion dollar Trinity update

Back Talk East Dallas — March 04, 2009

I'm having a difficult time keeping up with all of the Trinity developments, seeing as how there has been important news almost daily for the past couple of weeks. Yesterday, for example, councilman Mitch Rasansky, whose support for the toll road playe... »

City Hall blog: Dallas council member Mitchell Rasansky says repairing Trinity River levees could cost $1 billion

Dallas-Fort Worth local news from The Dallas Morning News — March 03, 2009

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Destiny Does Dallas, or: Why the Corps' "Unacceptable" Levee Rating is a Blessing

Unfair Park — February 26, 2009

Back during the campaign season for the 2007 referendum on the Trinity River toll road, Dallas Morning News columnist Steve Blow and I got into this really high-flown intellectual debate where I said, "Steve, you're stupid," and he said,... »

Dam, Did Levees Just Kill the Trinity River Project?

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth - Around Town Top Stories — February 26, 2009

The results of a U.S. Army Corp of Engineers survey on Dallas' Trinity River levees could prove to be the end of the much-debated Trinity River Project.Last night, we reported the Corp of Engineers found 34 flaws in the over 170 levees along the Trinit... »

Why the Trinity toll road died, and why the city is so surprised

Back Talk East Dallas — February 25, 2009

The news yesterday that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said that the Trinity River levee system isn't especially safe has pretty much put the kibosh on the Trinity toll road. .... »

Dallas Levee System Deemed 'Unacceptable'

NBC Dallas-Fort Worth - Local News — February 24, 2009

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says Dallas' Trinity River levees may not be able to protect the city of Dallas in the event of a major flood.The Corps conducted new inspections on the city's Trinity River levees, rating them against an 800-year flood... »

Somewhere, Jim Schutze is Off Doing a Happy Dance

Unfair Park — February 24, 2009

Mayor Tom Leppert reluctantly addressed local media this afternoon regarding City Manager Mary Suhm's earlier announcement that the Trinity River levees will be rated "unacceptable" in... »

Mary Suhm Tells Council: "The Corps Has Rated the Dallas Floodway as 'Unacceptable'"

Unfair Park — February 24, 2009

Merten just got back from City Hall, where the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just got through telling reporters that 34 of the 178 areas of the Trinity River levees are "unacceptable." Sam will have more to come shortly --... »

Army Rates Dallas' Trinity Levees Unacceptable

CBS 11 / TXA 21 - Dallas / Fort Worth's Source for Breaking News, Weather, and Sports — February 24, 2009

Dallas Mayor Tom Leppert disclosed today preliminary findings of inspections of the Trinity River levee system, and the news isn't good. The Army Corps of Engineers has issued an "unacceptable" rating for the Dallas levee network. Everything from soil ... »

Corps of Engineers again rejects plan on Trinity levee soil testing

Dallas-Fort Worth local news from The Dallas Morning News — February 02, 2009

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