Widening 35

A significant issue on the minds of North Texans is the congestion on 35E. All the way from Duncanville to north of Denton there are traffic jams and delays. In our particular neck of the woods we have a particularly nice spot, near Corinth Parkway, that tends to be jammed up most evenings, and often in the morning hours. Many would say that this is due to a lack of capacity on the two lanes northbound from Corinth Parkway. Others, me included, would say that it is the reduction from three lanes to two lanes that is major culprit. Either way it seems logical to want to increase the capacity on 35E in some fashion.

Corinth MUD #1 - no end in sight yet?

Previously the Corinth Municipal Utility District #1 (MUD #1) board had made some vague statements about being able to dissolve by January 24th. Today is March 10th, and they still have not dissolved. As of March 8th it was necessary for the City Council to call the election on the petition received by the city with respect to the ordinance that the council passed dissolving the MUD. In several meetings up to this point, some that I personally attended, it was stated by the board that they would have dissolved the district before the election. In an article written by Tim Glaze of the Lake Cities Sun (titled MUD Writes First Checks), 'Board members believe they will have dissolved the district before the city would need to call an election on the petition and incur the expense'. The Article is several weeks old - yet here we are with the election called...