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Joshua board backs TxDOT27s FM 917 overpass concept, including a park beneath the roadway
Summary
The Joshua Type B Economic Development Corporation and Parks Board voted unanimously to approve a resolution expressing support for the FM 917 grade separation concept, a TxDOT-led plan that would realign FM 917 as an overpass and deliver a park to the city at no construction cost to local government.
Mr. Peacock presented a TxDOT and Council of Governments plan to realign FM 917 as an overpass and build a park beneath the structure, and the board voted unanimously to express conceptual support.
The proposal would move FM 917 slightly north of the current 14th Street corridor, carry the roadway over the railroad and create parkland under the elevated route. "They're not asking for any money," Mr. Peacock said, describing an arrangement in which TxDOT would construct the overpass and associated park amenities and then turn the park over to the city for maintenance. The plan…
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