Save Lake Lavon

Beautiful Lavon Lake, Collin County, Texas
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lake


 

 

$470,000,000 Needless and Unwanted
Burden on Collin County's Taxpayers

 One Page Summary - Collin County's "Bridge Without Reason"
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Our Mission: Discourage the acceptance of this extravagant bridge route, encourage the planning of transportation projects that are more cost effective for ALL Collin County taxpayers, and preserve Lavon Lake as a county asset.

Detailed Spreadsheet - Why Citizens Reject this Bridge Route

SLL's Detailed Report - Bridge Route Analysis
 

October 7, 2009, First Public Meeting: We sent a very clear “NO BRIDGE” message.  Citizens packed the municipal building past capacity.  We estimate over 400 people attended and stood united against this bridge route.  The map below shows the routes presented at the October 7, 2009 public meeting.  We were asked to choose the one they liked best. We said "NO" to all of them. 

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 Area's Location

 

May 19, 2010, Second Public Meeting: 

A power point with various route evaluations was presented.  HNTB and Collin County's preferred route is one of the longest.  It crosses diagonally over deep water at both the east and west bridges. Citizens, again, clearly spoke out against their, so called "optimal" route.

 May 19th Meeting Notes and Comments


 Why We Oppose a Bridge Over Lake Lavon
Click each topic below for more information:

 

County plans to build a toll bridge that the people don't want and won't use.

$470 million tax payer dollars on a project that will only reduce commute distance by less than one mile.

Collin County engineering and HNTB presented data to support the bridge plan that actually disproves the need for it.

Neither Collin County or NCTCOG population or traffic congestion projections justify this route

Sizeable Campaign donations made by lake area investors cast doubts on the motives for the bridge study and the choice of bridge study location.

Questionable Motive - Drive off a west lake housing development. 

Questionable Motive - Promote building of an unwanted HUB

There was poor communication and involvement with the public prior to the 2007 Bond Vote

There was poor coordination with the owners of Lavon Lake, US Army Corps of Engineers.

Collin County has "bridge blinders" on.  They have not investigated alternatives that will actually fix problems, rather than create them.

Collin County says a bridge would be a plan to prepare for inevitable growth, but east Collin County history does not support the growth they claim will happen.

Some Collin County Officials have promoted this plan more than others.

Collin County's plan for the lake area does not match the vision of the citizens

 
 
 

 
 
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Public Meeting Notices

October 7, 2009
Public Meeting Agenda compared to
May 19, 2010 Agenda

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Videos Of Past Public Meetings:

September 14th Commissioner's Meeting:
1 Toll Discussion
 2 HNTB Presentation
 

October 7th Public Meeting
1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9
(9 Part Video)

 
 
   
 


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