What Is The Current Spur Reconstruction Plan?
The short answer is, no one seems sure. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has sent mixed signals regarding its Spur construction schedule, adding to concerns that citizens can’t get a fix on what they are going to face under TxDOT’s current Spur plan. On February 20, 2003, TxDOT engineer and Spur project chief Quincy Allen announced to the Spur 527 Facilitation Team that: • All inbound Spur lanes will be shut down for 33 months beginning February 2004, i.e. until November 2006. • Outbound Spur lanes will be shut down for 18 months beginning July 2005, i.e. until December 2006; one temporary outbound lane will be kept open. However, as of April 2, 2003, TxDOT’s schedule as published on the Spur 527 Facilitation Team website shows inbound Spur lanes being shut down for 24 months, from February 2004 to February 2006. No schedule is given for the outbound Spur. TxDOT rejects any responsibility for preventing or managing detoured traffic — the majority of 80,000 vehicles per da
