Wednesday, December 12, 2012  HIVEMIND: ACTIVATE. Do we need an
option 10?  World, you tell me.  Does option number 9 sound like
a tear-down and reconstruction of the grid?  The language is so
vague that I interpreted it to be a tear-down and rebuild of
another highway, "but to modern standards."  And to modern
standards, that surely means 1980's finest.  Modern standards to
me also might be interpreted as, "complex grid of high quality,
walkable, urban streets."  Also, "Purchase Right-of-way" could
mean land sales of right-of-way to private investment (possibly
through an intermediary like City of Dallas or a to-be-
established Development Corporation, focused strictly on the
redevelopment of the area (preferred).  Or, it could mean that
in order to bring the "facility up to modern standards,"
requires further ROW purchase from TxDOT to widen and expand the
capacity of the highway, in order to "improve level of service
for the 160,000 cars/day.  As we know, that will simply mean
that it will move 200,000+ per