Saturday, March 21, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
STOP MORRISS 6
Last night I tried to attend a meeting a friend of mine made me aware of at the Fire Station in Flower Mound. The meeting was on how the Town has on the budget and plans for widening Morris Rd and Gerault Rd to 6 lanes.
I never did get inside to hear the speakers. They were turning several of us away because they were over the capacity of the room, 75 people. We did get to sign that we were there and against the concrete jungle the town calls for our benefit. I then decided to wait outside until people came out and asked them what was being said. More and more of my friends and neighbors kept coming and also being told we could not go in. The halls outside the room and now the entrance outside the building where filled with concerned Flower Mound residents. At the end when everyone was leaving a Fireman told me he counted over 250 people inside the doors. I know that did not include the people being turned away that actual did leave right away.
This was a great showing of what America is all about;” Our ability to have a voice on our future.”
While I was waiting outside I was offered a packet to bring back to my Homeowners Association that explained the Residents concerns and papers the Town provided that explained their intent. All of this information is available at Stop Morris 6’s Blog Site http://www.stopmorriss6.blogspot.com and the Town of Flower Mound's Site http://www.flower-mound.com/morriss/.
After reading through the packet I was given and the Town’s Fact Sheet, I started thinking. The Town says that this has been on the books for 27 years. I ask why not wait another 27 years. I hope the next time we have to address this question again it will be in the year 2030. Maybe the residence then will want the road expansion. I know I do not and all the people at the meeting do not want the expansion.
I never did say why I was there. I have young children that go to one of the Middle Schools on Morris Road and my Children walked or rode a bike to Elementary School and Middle School on this road. I already fear the safety of my children on this neighborhood access road and cannot imagine Morris Road as a 6 lane major access road.
Let me go off topic a bit. When we moved to Texas we went out of our way to find the best city to raise our family as close to the same memories as I grew up in. We first where going to move to McKinney where we have family. We then thought better of the drive to the airport and started looking close to DFW Airport. Several of my husband’s new office workers said to go to Flower Mound. You will like the family environment and the beauty of the Town. So for several days we just drove around the city. On purpose we would take Forest Vista and Morris Road because of how pretty the streets where and it just felt like home. We decided on Donald Elementary and Sherwood Estates and then later moved to Rustic Timbers, Forest Vista Elementary, both go to Forestwood Middle School. Yes we did pick these schools and communities because of the winding, no straight line neighborhood access roads.
I never did get inside to hear the speakers. They were turning several of us away because they were over the capacity of the room, 75 people. We did get to sign that we were there and against the concrete jungle the town calls for our benefit. I then decided to wait outside until people came out and asked them what was being said. More and more of my friends and neighbors kept coming and also being told we could not go in. The halls outside the room and now the entrance outside the building where filled with concerned Flower Mound residents. At the end when everyone was leaving a Fireman told me he counted over 250 people inside the doors. I know that did not include the people being turned away that actual did leave right away.
This was a great showing of what America is all about;” Our ability to have a voice on our future.”
While I was waiting outside I was offered a packet to bring back to my Homeowners Association that explained the Residents concerns and papers the Town provided that explained their intent. All of this information is available at Stop Morris 6’s Blog Site http://www.stopmorriss6.blogspot.com and the Town of Flower Mound's Site http://www.flower-mound.com/morriss/.
After reading through the packet I was given and the Town’s Fact Sheet, I started thinking. The Town says that this has been on the books for 27 years. I ask why not wait another 27 years. I hope the next time we have to address this question again it will be in the year 2030. Maybe the residence then will want the road expansion. I know I do not and all the people at the meeting do not want the expansion.
I never did say why I was there. I have young children that go to one of the Middle Schools on Morris Road and my Children walked or rode a bike to Elementary School and Middle School on this road. I already fear the safety of my children on this neighborhood access road and cannot imagine Morris Road as a 6 lane major access road.
Let me go off topic a bit. When we moved to Texas we went out of our way to find the best city to raise our family as close to the same memories as I grew up in. We first where going to move to McKinney where we have family. We then thought better of the drive to the airport and started looking close to DFW Airport. Several of my husband’s new office workers said to go to Flower Mound. You will like the family environment and the beauty of the Town. So for several days we just drove around the city. On purpose we would take Forest Vista and Morris Road because of how pretty the streets where and it just felt like home. We decided on Donald Elementary and Sherwood Estates and then later moved to Rustic Timbers, Forest Vista Elementary, both go to Forestwood Middle School. Yes we did pick these schools and communities because of the winding, no straight line neighborhood access roads.
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