Residents urge Brazos County to pause East Loop work, request independent study and protections for homes

Several residents urged the Brazos County Commissioners Court on Feb. (date not specified) to halt work on the proposed Inner East Loop (East Loop) highway project, ask that engineers follow environmental‑justice principles and consider a no‑build alternative, and commission an independent traffic study that is not financially connected to road construction firms.

The comments came during the court’s public‑comment period from multiple speakers who identified themselves as longtime county residents and supporters of the No East Loop Coalition. Thomas Daniel opened the set of comments by asking the commissioners “to require the environmental and design engineers to adhere to the spirit of environmental justice and ensure that poor neighborhoods and culturally significant areas are not…