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Leander ISD withdraws Fish and Wildlife permit application, pursues alternate emergency access plan for Vandegrift campus
Summary
The board voted to withdraw its U.S. Fish and Wildlife permit application for an emergency access road serving Vandegrift High School, citing permitting delays and an alternate interconnect plan agreed with first responders.
Leander ISD on Thursday voted to withdraw its application to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for a permit tied to a proposed emergency access road near Vandegrift High School, after staff described permitting delays, endangered-species considerations and property easement issues.
The motion, made by Trustee Sade Fascacun and seconded by Trustee Nikosie Nelson, passed 5–0.
District staff said the permit process had stalled for years because the easement in question is controlled by another public entity and because the environmental review uncovered at times multiple species of concern. Staff said the city that controls the easement had been unwilling…
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