The foundation for phase one of what is ultimately planned to be a five-acre deck park next to the Dallas Zoo is ready for the next step. TxDOT has passed the baton to the Southern Gateway Public Green Foundation to build the park.
TxDOT has now completed the deck over Interstate 35 that is now the foundation of Southern Gateway Park.The goal is to transform the concrete bridge over I-35 into five acres of greenspace that will create, as it's been dubbed, a front yard for Dallas. The foundation for phase one of what is ultimately planned to be a five-acre deck park next to the Dallas Zoo is ready for the next step.
"There is no way on Earth you can build something like this and it not stimulate the economy," he said. "It is absolutely going to create job opportunities, retail, residential you name it. It is going to be fantastic."Phase one of the park is 2.8 acres, which is a little more than half of the total plan that will connect Ewing and Marsalis avenues.
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