Transportation and planning officials want to hear from local residents, business owners and others about the future of the area surrounding the intersection of Interstate Highway (IH) 635/LBJ Freeway and Skillman Street in Dallas. A survey and a workshop are being offered to provide feedback about current conditions of the area, and about the future.
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is planning to reconstruct the intersection of Skillman Street and LBJ Freeway/IH 635. This reconstruction is expected to help the flow of vehicular traffic through the area, while offering the potential for changing land uses in the area.
The LBJ/Skillman Urban Planning Initiative, a separate planning effort from the TxDOT project, will help the City of Dallas prepare for the future, including the impact of the TxDOT project, and help identify community-based activities to move forward as area development and redevelopment occur. The North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) and the City of Dallas are jointly sponsoring the LBJ/Skillman Urban Planning Initiative. More information about the initiative is available at http://www.nctcog.org/LBJSkillman.
The survey and workshop are open to anyone with an interest in the area. The survey is available at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LBJ_Skillman_Future. Survey forms are also available at the Lake Highlands PID office, 9090 Skillman, Suite 140B, Dallas, TX 75243. The workshop will take place from 6:30 p.m. until 8 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, at Forest Lane Academy, 9663 Forest Lane in Dallas.
Anyone needing special accommodations for a disability or language interpretation at the workshop is asked to contact Judy Meyer at 214-499-4661 at least 72 hours prior to the workshop. Reasonable accommodations will be made.
