Sam MertenSince everyone has been reliving the Trinity referendum lately, it seemed appropriate to dig this up out of the photo archives.Shortly before the 2007 referendum on the Trinity Turnpike, I discussed a Dallas Morning News editorial written by Colleen McCain Nelson, in which she had a hard time grasping the difference between a floodway and a floodplain. It wasn't the first time I disagreed with her as she appears to be the designated author of all Trinity-related editorials, but I appre
All photos by Jim SchutzeDown at the Margaret Hunt Hill construction site, where, we hope, nobody's in that Porta-JohnI had other work to do this morning, but Robert was right: I couldn't stay away from Old Man River. A bit after noon I ventured down to the site of the Calatrava suspension bridge construction site to see how the high water of the last 48 hours is affecting progress on bridge construction.
I am happy to say that the floods have not had any effect on the progress of the bridge,
Wonder if Schutze ran into Angela Hunt when she was out snapping photos of the flooded Trinity RiverRudy Bush has a story in this morning's Dallas Morning News attempting, thank goodness, to do the reporting that Bruce Tomaso did not do yesterday in his blog item about flooding and the proposed Trinity River toll road. Bush has accepted our suggestion on Unfair Park yesterday that The News at least tell readers what the National Weather Service has to say about flood crests on the Trinity and
