Metro has prepared its Draft Environmental Impact Statemet for the Southeast Corridor BRT line.
The environmental statement and a separate assessment of impacts to cultural resources and parklands are part of the federal transit funding process. They may be viewed online at www.ridemetro.org, as well as at these locations: Central Library (Julia Ideson Building), 500 McKinney; Lonnie E. Smith Library, 3624 Scott; Young Library, 5260 Griggs; University of Houston, M.D. Anderson Library, 4800 Calhoun; Texas Southern University Library, 3100 Cleburne; Metro offices, 1900 Main; and Houston-Galveston Area Council, 3555 Timmons, Suite 500.
There will be a public meeting and question-and-answer session from 6 to 8 p.m. on Aug. 17, in the Palm Center Business Technology Center, 5330 Griggs, and a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 29 at the Third Ward Multi-Service Center, 3611 Ennis.
After the comments are received, the final environmental impact statement is prepared. This is then reviewed by Metro and the Federal Transit Administration. If funding is approved, construction would begin in mid-2007.
No word yet from Congressman Culberson’s office as to whether or not this line should be run down Westpark instead.