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Funny thing: Yesterday, in the comments below, longtime Friend of Unfair Park Montemalone asked this about the Dallas delegation’s trade mission to Europe: “I wonder if this latest terror threat/alert/political red herring will have any effect on their trip?” Well, Monte, the mayor made a video just for you, and it follows on the other side courtesy Mayor Tom Leppert’s chief of staff Chris Heinbaugh and his iPhone.
Also on the other side, Mayor Tom talks about the lessons learned from an afternoon spent in a four-mile-long tunnel below Madrid, which Fomento Construcciones y Contratas is building to connect Spain’s northern and southern high-speed rail lines. In the press release that also follows, council member Ron Natinsky is equally impressed — and hints it may indeed be part of downtown Dallas’s future as Dallas Area Rapid Transit tries to figure out how to make a go of the D2: “Drilling underground is a major, major undertaking. However, whether for our light rail or perhaps even high speed rail at some point, this is one of the options we may need to consider to handle the challenges we face over the next 10 to 25 years.”
There’s a lot of stuff to see on the other side (photos too!). So hurry, already.
