Trinity River

Hunt, Griggs Announce $6 Million Network of Hike and Bike Trails Between the Trinity Levees

Last June, Angela Hunt and Scott Griggs went to the Trinity River Overlook and gazed down at the empty floodplain below. Wouldn't it be nice, they thought, if there was a network of trails down there that came up and over the levee and connected with all of Dallas' other trails. It was a thought, b ... More >>

The Trinity River Toll Road is Now an (Almost) Unstoppable Force

With Mayor Mike Rawlings' support, only deep pockets can thwart the $2 billion river-ride.

Just Pretend the Calatrava Bridge Really Is Opening, Sit Back and Listen to Lyle.

Up East Dallas Without a Paddle

Very mixed feelings about the city council briefing coming up this morning on proposed East Dallas storm-water projects. On the one hand, my paranoia is confirmed, which is always satisfying. On the other hand, there's not much I can do about it. Yes, just as I thought, my house in East Dallas -- t ... More >>

Here's a New Year's Resolution For City Hall: Stop Trying to Screw With the Trinity River

​Over the holiday weekend I spent a few very enjoyable hours on the Trinity River with Trinity Rivers Expeditions outfitter and canoe guide Charles Allen. We paddled from Trinity River Mountain Creek Preserve near the intersection of Walton Walker and IH-30 in Irving to the Sylvan Avenue Bridge i ... More >>

Are They Angels or Grinches at Dallas City Hall? Depends Which Project You're Discussing.

​Sometimes I think city staff may be demon-possessed. I'm sorry, I know it's a very weird thing to say. But I can't come up with another explanation. One day they're so bouncy and positive and totally can-do. The next day they've been taken over by the negativity goblin. I attended a city council ... More >>

It's Alive: Council to Get Trinity Corridor Transpo Update, Including That Dang Toll Road

​Speaking of transportation projects across and around the Trinity River ...Saturday's hike-n-bike installation perched atop the Cedar Crest Bridge is one of myriad items about which the city council's Trinity River Corridor Project Committee will hear this afternoon, following its field trip to a ... More >>

For Sale: Three Acres on the Oak Cliff Side of the Trinity, Where Those Cool Townhomes Are

​We took the long way to Oak Cliff last weekend, turning off the Houston Street Viaduct on to Greenbriar Lane, which runs parallel to the Trinity River. No particular reason, just in no particular rush. It was at that point we found ourselves amongst a forest of sleek metal-n-wood townhomes, other ... More >>

What the Shuck: Steve Blow, Good Job on That Trinity Column. Except ...

​Editing memo to Steve Blow: Thank you for getting around to writing the column I directed you to write on the Trinity River. It was a good effort, in the main. I hate to quibble with you, but I do need to point out a few errors and omissions. If you recall, I wrote that the following elements wer ... More >>

Now That Army Corps of Engineers Doesn't Want Trinity River Toll Road, It's Time to Shift the Blame: Preservationists!

​The story in today's Dallas Morning News about possible historic designation for the Trinity River levees falls squarely in the Unintentionally Hilarious category. It says the idea of building the Trinity River toll road project between the flood control levees may be in trouble because the U.S. ... More >>

What in the Wide World of Sports Does a HUD Secretary Know About Levee Safety?

HUD deputy secretary Ron Sims has quite the résumé, but what does any of it have to do with the Trinity River?​Unintentionally hilarious item in The Dallas Morning News today: "Council's Frustration Spills Over," by Rudy Bush on the Metro front, in which council member par excellence Ron Natinsk ... More >>

Wherein Schutze Asks The News: Where's the "Trinity River Toll Road Dead!" Headline?

​Ah, you know, even a blind hog can find the truth buried somewhere in The Dallas Morning News if he knows how to root-hog-or-die. Reminds me of the thing I wrote about two years ago, when The News waited until the day after the Trinity River referendum to reveal something its transportation write ... More >>

The Trinty River "Poses a High Risk to Recreational Users"? That Can't Be Right.

The Trinity River looks fine to us in this conceptual rendering of the Standing Wave whitewater-maker.​Environment Texas, an Austin-based research group, made available today a report on Texas rivers that lists the state's most dangerously polluted waterways, particularly those fouled by chemicals ... More >>

If It's Hot Fudge Friday, It Must Be Time for Another Schutze-Rodrigue Throwdown

Natilee DeeYesterday Dallas Morning News managing editor George Rodrigue took issue with my April 1 column in which I took issue with his attack on the Dallas Observer last month. At this point, I'm sure it would be better for everybody if George and I were locked in a sound-proofed room with Nerf s ... More >>

Since When Did the Trinity River Project Come to Mean "Ferris Wheel"?

I actually love the way news pops up in The Dallas Morning News. I pick up the paper every single morning and feel as though I'm visiting a foreign city for the first time. Every story, even the most mundane, is a forehead-slapper, because I have no idea what they're talking about.Today, for exampl ... More >>

Taking Its Toll

So Is the Knowledge Econony For or Against the Trinity River Toll Road?

Gunfight at the Trinity

The biggest shoot-out in Dallas' political history

Meet the Trinity River Boys

Put Out

If Dallas doesn't give the boys their road, they want the jewelry back

Copper? We Hardly Even ... OK, Fine.

Underwater and Over Their Heads

Mayor, Mayor, on the Wall | Spell C-O-N-F-L-I-C-T| Got a Beef | Phat Girlz | Judge Roy Bean

Sam Coats Calls for Trinity Toll Road Vote

Steve Blows

Why is the DMN's mild-mannered columnist suddenly impatient about the Trinity River?

What Do "Rezoning of the Trinity River" Mean, Anyway?

Schutze Strips Away the Awful Truth About the Trinity River Project

Look, About This Trinity River Thing, Jim Just Knows More Than You. Deal With It.

A Trinity "Tweak"? Impending Disaster's More Like It.

Schutze and the Mayor Argue About the City's Future. And We Have the Audio to Prove It.

Check the Bill

Fine print on bond package includes $120 million more for Trinity project

Wherein Jim Schutze Tells D to Stick It. Nicely, Though.

The Lone Mitchell

Rasansky's way out on his lonesome about those bridges

The River of Death Gets State Funds. Because It's The River of Death. Well, It Used to Be.

Down South

The Ice House features art beyond the Trinity

Re: Fantasyland

Here Comes the Flood

Troubled Waters

The Juice

If you got it, you can get what you want from City Hall

Happy Next Year

Let's all try to be positive for about 30 seconds

Spanish Fly

Dallas turns rape to romance with Calatrava bridges

All Wound Up

Stereo Fuse discovers the ups and downs of life on a major label

Been There, Done That

For supporters of an improved and expensive Trinity River, everything old is new again

The Opposite of True

How The Dallas Morning News spins the Trinity River project

Down the River

Dallas is still using flood control money to scam black people

The Shell, the Pea and We

How many times can we play City Hall's little sucker games?

Best rocks

Banks Stone Service Inc.

Sinking Fast

The $2 billion Trinity River Plan looks like the Russian sub of local politics

Bait and switch

The Trinity Project hits some expensive setbacks, but leave it to the News to look on the bright side

Flood money

The Trinity River Plan's billion-dollar vision of levees, parks, and ponds has Mayor Ron Kirk--and most of Dallas--spellbound. But engineers warn it could lead to a flooding catastrophe and destroy the same poor neighborhoods it's designed to help.