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TXDOT Maps and Meetings (All this information may no longer be valid after TXDOT revises the plans based on  the complaints and comments received after the Public Meeting.) Published Friday, July 20—TxDOT is conducting a study to update the preliminary design and environmental assessment for proposed improvements for the interchange at I-820, I-20 and US 287 called the Southeast Connector.

Town Hall with Cary Moon and Danny Scarth: Concrete Plant Over 100 concerned citizens, representing every neighborhood associaton on the eastside, attended the meeting hosted by Cary Moon and former District 4 councilman Danny Scarth, who is a paid representative for Wallace Hall. Simple summary of this meeting: there is no final answer now, because everything is still a moving

New anti-panhandling program provides a better way to offer change Folks in Fort Worth have big hearts, and whenever someone asks for a helping hand, we’re likely to give it to them. But when it comes to panhandling on city streets, handing over spare change is a bad idea. Panhandling violates a Fort Worth city ordinance, encourages a transient way

Trees Destroyed by DR Horton Eastside residents are still furious with DR Hornton developers for deliberately destroying mature trees for thier new development, going against the plans they submitted, and against the city tree ordinance. Judy Taylor sent this to us: 
from Gyna Bivens, District 5. Dear Judy, This is the information I have for now I am hoping for

Plastic Bag Pollution Texas has more marine plastic pollution than any other state, with our beaches home to ten times as much debris as those on the eastern Gulf Coast. As one means of attacking this serious environmental threat, at least 11 Texas cities have restricted single-use plastic bags, including Laredo. In 2015 Laredo retailers sued the city over their