Newsletter Signup
The Austin Monitor thanks its sponsors. Become one.
-
Most Popular Stories
- City eyes fund to preserve affordable housing, capitalize on overbuilt apartment market
- Austin ISD eliminating jobs at its central office to reduce budget deficit
- Dozens of city music grants stalled over missing final reports
- Parks Board recommends vendor for Zilker Café, while voicing concerns about lack of local presence
- Council reaffirms its commitment to making Austin a more age-friendly city
-
-
Discover News By District
-
Popular Whispers
Sorry. No data so far.
Tag Archives: Save Our Springs Alliance (SOS)
Construction set to start on SH 45 SW
A drawn-out, polarizing political battle that has kept anxious observers on the edges of their seats could be effectively settled for good on Tuesday. The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority announced on Monday that crews could begin construction on the…
Roads • By Caleb Pritchard • Nov 8, 2016
SOS loses bid for MoPac injunction
On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel declined to issue a preliminary injunction that would have prevented the beginning of construction on State Highway 45 Southwest. The judge ruled that the Save Our Springs Alliance and other plaintiffs in the…
Courts • By Jo Clifton • Oct 20, 2016
TxDOT can't participate in Balcones permit program
An official with the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan has informed the Texas Department of Transportation that the department is not allowed to participate in the BCCP permit in conjunction with its work on State Highway 45 Southwest. Carlos Swonke, director…
Environment • By Jo Clifton • Aug 30, 2016
MoPac construction causing environmental anxiety
Construction has not yet begun, but already the Save Our Springs Alliance, the Save Barton Creek Association and the citizens who filed suit against the Texas Department of Transportation and the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority over the expansion and…
Courts • By Jo Clifton • Aug 10, 2016
CTRMA goes shopping for partner to build SH 45 SW
The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority on Tuesday took another major step toward the construction of a highly controversial road project in southwestern Travis County. With a vote of 6-0, its board of directors directed CTRMA staff to start shopping…
Transportation • By Caleb Pritchard • Jun 16, 2016
Two environmental groups plan to sue TxDOT
The Center for Biological Diversity and the Save Our Springs Alliance have notified the Texas Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration that they intend to file suit against the agencies for approving the so-called MoPac Intersections project without…
Courts • By Jo Clifton • May 20, 2016
Subscribe to our newsletter
Austin mourns environmentalist Mary Gay Maxwell
Members of Austin’s environmental community were in mourning Thursday after learning of the death of Environmental Commission Chair Mary Gay Maxwell. According to Department of Public Safety Trooper Robbie Barrera, Maxwell died Wednesday afternoon after being involved in a head-on…
Environment • By Jo Clifton • Apr 1, 2016
Travis County courts controversy with CTRMA appointment
Sparks flew at Travis County Commissioners Court on Tuesday over the reappointment of Charles Heimsath to serve on the board that supervises regional toll road projects. The 3-2 decision poured cold water on a late-hour effort that bubbled up last…
Travis County • By Caleb Pritchard • Feb 3, 2016
Save Our Springs sues toll road agency again
The Save Our Springs Alliance filed suit on Tuesday against the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, seeking information that the agency has refused to release concerning a traffic and revenue study on the proposed MoPac South toll lanes. According to…
Courts • By Jo Clifton • Oct 1, 2015
County Commissioners maintain toll appointment
An ordinary appointment to the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority Board of Directors during Monday’s Travis County Commissioner Court meeting turned into a debate over transparency and the economic burden of toll roads. Commissioners voted 4-0, with one abstention, to…
