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THE BRYAN DAILY EAGLE Thursday, Nor. 7,1968 Bryan -College Station, Texas Page S
Citizens. Attend Public Hearing
"I protest the proposed right- According to Clifton, the nec- believe t h a t the road could easement to the Highway De-
of-way acquisition on t h r e e essary right-of-way could have be straightened out and the land partment to fill in the 50-foot
grounds: (1) it is an arbitrary been acquired without destroy- could be acquired through fill strip along the dry gulch.
decision; (2) it completely dis- ing the property owner's homes. in. This would be better for the In addition W. J. B
regards humanitarian aspects The only other complaint pre- city in terms of future develop Yford of and the rights of individuals; sented at the 10:30 a.m. hear- ment of the city, Mayor D. A. the said " Texas Our initial Highway Department
plans for con-
and (3) the proposed compen- ing in the Council Room at the (Andy) Anderson said. is bas-
struction of the highway
sation is unrealistic in terms of College Station City Hall con- Charles Gregory of Houston ed on carrying the curb and gut-
value - what it costs to replace cerned a proposed bulge in the also protested the Highway De- ter to point where it intersects
the homes of individuals," 0. B. highway for a slope along a dry partment's taking the addition- E. 29th Street."
Clifton of 2600 Melba Circle gulch. al 50 feet of right-of-way need-
'ed for the slope. Byford also said that event-
said Wednesday at the Texas „I am concerned as a repre- uthe curb and gutter would
H i g hway Department public sentative of the people of this A c c!) r d ing to Gregory, "I I be extended along the highway.
hearing on the proposed exten- city about the proposed bulge in think that this would actually
the road where the creek tra- hurt the potential commercial
sion of University Drive from verses the proposed highway. value of the property.
Highway 6 to the East Loop. "The City Council was led to Gregory proposed g CALL CLASSIFIED 822-3707
giving an
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