quote:TxDOT aint gonna give it away for free. They're going to sell it as prime, downtown real estate. No way the city is going to shell out the cash to buy it plus the infrastructure to turn it into a park when they have Discovery Green and Eleanor Tinsley within walking distance.
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TxDOT's reported preference in regards to the Pierce Elevated land is to sell it off for revenue that would go towards funding other parts of its I-45 project. The land, according to Slotboom, would first be offered to the City of Houston and nearby land owners for consideration. Slotboom wrote that he sensed that the city had nearly no interest in the land under the Pierce Elevated though.
I am very skeptical of the bolded part.