Council member goes on offense with 35 Cut and Cap proposal

A "cut and cap" approach to fixing I-35 is getting an offense from an Austin City Council member before objectors have a chance to speak up about it. Chris Riley says beautification is the second, but important priority with the proposal to recess the highway and build a park above it. It would change things for central-east Austin. "Including, I might add, initiatives along the 11th & 12th Street corridors which might be profoundly affected by changes to I-35," he said. A proposal for a tolled "managed" lane designed to keep traffic moving through the area would be part of ...