Who is WALQ?
WALQ is the West Alabama Quality of Life Coalition, a Texas nonprofit corporation. WALQ unites residents, local businesses, school officials, church and community leaders for charitable, civic, and educational purposes to promote civic betterments and social improvements in the City of Houston in regard to issues that touch and concern the community. Currently WALQ is involved in a project to protect neighborhoods from freeway traffic diversions in and around the Richmond / West Alabama Corridor, an area bounded by downtown Houston, Weslayan, the Southwest Freeway and Allen Parkway/Memorial in Houston Texas. WALQ has been a vigorous advocate in the public debate regarding the US59/Spur527 construction underway by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). More recently WALQ has expanded its scope to include a multi-region and multi-modal emphasis on mobility in the metropolitan area of Houston. Residents, business owners, and community leaders have united under WALQ sponsorship re
