Monday, May 28, 2007

Dallas County Residents - Didn't get to sign the Trinity Toll Road Petition - It's not too late

During the May 12th election, Dallas citizens many Dallas citizens signed petitions opposing the plans for the TRINITY TOLL ROAD. If you are a registered voter in Dallas County, you have opportunity to sign the petition. The cut-off date is June 29.

Trinity Vote, A Community Movement to Reclaim the Trinity River Project, includes simple instructions for citizens to collect signatures from their neighbors, co-workers, and relatives.

Instructions and all necessary materials are supplied on the Trinity Vote website.
Volunteers are urged to download the petition and collect signature. If you want to sign the petition but do not want to collect signatures, you can go by the Trinity Vote Office: Turley Law Center, Suite 100
(Central Expwy. at University Blvd.)
Sign the petition or get your petitions notarized!

TRINITYVOTE OFFICE HOURS
Monday, May 28 - Sunday, June 3
Monday: Closed (Memorial Day Holiday)
Tuesday: 11am - 1pm
Wednesday: 3pm - 7pm
Thursday: 11am - 4:30pm
Friday: 11am - 1pm
Sunday: 9am - noon

OTHER LOCATIONS TO SIGN THE PETITION:
Office of Ron Patterson - 814 W. Davis - Every Monday - Friday: 9am - 5pm

DOWNLOAD THE PETITION

The Trinity River Project has changed dramatically from the plan approved by Dallas voters in 1998. The magnificent urban park, complete with lakes and promenades, is nowhere to be seen. A high-speed, limited access toll road is planned to be built within what was supposed to be our Central Park.

The toll road is more than $600 million over budget. Due to safety concerns, it has recently been moved even farther into the park, further reducing parkland and lakes.

Given these significant changes, we believe Dallas voters deserve the opportunity to vote on whether we want a toll road in the Downtown Trinity Park.

We are TrinityVote, a broad-based coalition of Dallas residents who believe that our Trinity River Project is off-course and needs to get back on track.

Our coalition includes neighborhood residents, developers, environmentalists, urban planners, architects, and others who believe that putting a toll road in our park will irreparably destroy the opportunity to create an incredible signature park on the edge of Downtown Dallas.

Join us. Help us reclaim the Trinity River Project.
Read more http://www.trinityvote.com/faq.asp

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