What did the 1998 ballot state?
The 1998 ballot for the Trinity River Project stated: “The issuance of $246,000,000 general obligation Trinity River Corridor Project bonds, the project to include floodways, levees, waterways, open space, recreational facilities, the Trinity River Parkway and related street improvements, and other related, necessary, and incidental improvements to the Trinity River Corridor.” Referendum opponents claim that everyone in 1998 knew the so-called “parkway” was really a high-speed, limited access toll road. If so, why didn’t the city just put that on the ballot? That’s at most three more words. Could it be that road backers figured that “Trinity Parkway” sounded more innocuous than “toll road” and that voters would be less likely to approve a “toll road” than a pastoral-sounding “parkway”? Q. Is TrinityVote against building a reliever route for I-35 and the mixmaster? A. No, we just don’t want it in the park. Q. Where exactly will the proposed toll road go? A. The proposed toll road will c
