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Houston, TX-Today, Congressman Gene Green (Houston-D) sent a letter to the City of Houston Mayor Bill White asking him to demand the City of Houston Public Works Department move quicker on the right of way acquisition for the Central Street Bridge over the Union Pacific line south of the Manchester neighborhood.
A current news report concerning the long delays in response time to 911 calls by emergency services in the Manchester areas due to stopped trains sparked a bit of a disturbance in the Congressional office of Congressman Gene Green.
“We have literally sent a number of letters in the past asking the City if we could be of any assistance,” said Congressman Green. “We understand the Mayor has his hands full, but lives are at risk, so we are asking him to personally interfere.”
“Congress has already provided the funding for the solution to this problem,” continued Congressman Green. “We just need the solution implemented. Unfortunately it is out of my hands but I know that if he focuses on this crucial issue, as he has done for other projects, we can end these red-tape delays.”
Necessary federal funding for the Central Street Bridge project was secured in the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century of 1998.
“We need the Central Street Bridge built,” said Congressman Green. “We have had the funding for this project for seven years. We need Mayor White to go one step further and really push this project forward, and I think he can do it.”
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