Impacts of Downtown Links on Dunbar/Spring

Since the abrupt introduction in January, 2008 of the Downtown Links Alignment 3d, the Dunbar/Spring neighborhood and other affected citizens and groups have been vocal in our opposition to this alignment. Alignment 3d would destroy important community buildings and organizations, create a barrier between our neighborhood and downtown, and increase noise and air pollution and visual impacts to our neighborhood. This opposition has been consistent and expressed by a majority of Dunbar Spring neighborhood residents and others most impacted by this alignment. Instead, we have proposed a series of alternative alignments that minimize impacts while still providing vehicular capacity. These alternatives have not been adequately studied and merit further analysis.