I attended the FM 150 Character Plan meeting on Oct. 22 at the Salt Lick and was dismayed to realize how far along these plans to open up Driftwood and surrounding areas to development has progressed, and how detrimental these projects would be to current residents and their lives and lands, if allowed to come to fruition.
These new road proposals essentially carve up our open spaces and open up our private properties to new and unsustainable growth patterns. Additionally, these new roadways appear to mimic the very same routes as the water pipeline projects being proposed. Coincidence? I don’t think so.
Although this meeting was publicized as a “presentation followed by and Q&A,” the reality was that the meeting was carefully designed to limit public participation and not allow any open questions by the attendees nor any real feedback, except as written comments. The room was filled to the brim with concerned and angry citizens, many who just recently became aware of these development plans and how they will impact their own lives and lands.
