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Residents urge Brazos County to halt proposed Inner East Loop, cite land loss and eminent domain concerns
Summary
Dozens of residents at the June 10 Brazos County Commissioners Court public comment period urged the court to stop plans for an Inner East Loop alignment, citing property loss, wildlife impacts, lack of transparency and requests that commissioners refuse to use eminent domain.
Residents and landowners used the public comment portion of the Brazos County Commissioners Court meeting on June 10 to press elected officials to halt planning and contractual steps toward a proposed Inner East Loop on the county’s east side.
Speakers repeatedly raised concerns that the proposed alignment could take homes and ranchland, disrupt livestock operations and wildlife habitat, increase noise and pollution, and accelerate unwanted commercial development. Several called on the court to cancel work by the consultant or the private contract they said was guiding the project.
“I just wanted to say I thank y’all for what y’all do… but progress is good, but sometimes when you have progress, you take many, many things away,” long-time resident Patrick Giamalva…
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