Why Do Elected Officials Refuse To Protect Us?
Nearly all Houston City Council members and other officials polled by WALQ privately admit they don’t want the State to reconstruct Spur 527 until neighborhood traffic issues are resolved. But these same officials have not taken a strong public stance to protect our neighborhoods. They have not demanded that the State postpone and revise its Spur construction project. Instead, these officials continue to facilitate the State’s plan while harming our neighborhoods with ill-advised, ineffective “mitigations.
