Looking ahead to the week’s doings at Dallas City Hall I espied a couple of curious to-do’s on the Thoroughfare Committee’s agenda, which also show up on the City Plan Commission’s docket. Long story short: The city’s considering narrowing two downtown streets, as in …
1. Main Street between Akard Street and Ervay Street — Reduce the right of way from 80 to 76 feet;
2. Commerce Street between Houston Street and Cesar Chavez Boulevard — Change the operational characteristic from five lanes eastbound to 4 lanes eastbound within 80 feet of right of way.
Read more at The Joule needs City Hall to shrink Commerce and Main Streets in downtown | City Hall Blog.
