With I-35 in Central Austin on course for its most dramatic transformation since opening in 1962, the city is scrambling to find hundreds of millions of dollars to blunt the impact of a multibillion-dollar highway widening.
In response, the Cherrywood Neighborhood Association drafted
TxDOT says its main concern with the Cherrywood North-Central deck proposal is access. The agency didn't make anyone available for an interview, but said in an e-mail that capping I-35 in Cherrywood could restrict ramps needed not only for operation of the high-occupancy vehicle lanes, but also for vital access to St. David's Medical Center at 32nd Street.St. David's Medical Center is at 32nd Street and I-35, across the highway from the Cherrywood neighborhood.
The City of Austin is considering small caps over I-35 at 32nd and 38th 1/2 Streets that would build off the widened bridges, but it's a small improvement compared to what the neighborhood association wants.The shaded blue area next to the 38th 1/2 Street bridge is where the city is considering paying for a mini-cap to increase the width of the stitch.
"They want the presence of it to be less in their lives. That could be safety. That could be noise. That could be air and water pollution," he said.
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