Monday, July 7, is the last day for the TIRZ to accept commentary on the initial design for West Alabama. The current plan protects its beautiful heritage live oaks..

But this design is UNDER THREAT.  West Alabama’s trees are AT RISK.

A vocal group of extremist bike lane advocates is pressuring the TIRZ to redesign the project to add bike lanes, which would require cutting many or all of the mature trees that line West Alabama from Shepherd to the 527 Spur.  Their vision also includes eliminating and/or narrowing traffic lanes - a road diet.  

Help ensure West Alabama is a safe, walkable, beautiful corridor lined with its iconic oaks.  Advocate for placing bike lanes where they make best sense - on smaller streets and in neighborhoods - not on every high-traffic, tree-lined corridor in Houston.

We support the current plan which delivers:

• New curbs, gutters, and pavement, leaving the lane widths as they are today
• Major drainage improvements, reducing ponding and flooding risks
• A continuous well-marked center left-turn lane for safety
• New traffic signals + an additional signal at Hazard
• Expanded 6-foot sidewalks on both sides, navigating around trees

This plan relflects what most people want, but the bike lobby is very vocal, well-funded, and well-organized.  They are flooding the meetings and the media with their view that everyone in Montrose wants bike lanes everywhere, regardless of the tree devastation or traffic lane reductions.  

Don’t let the most extreme, special-interest voices rule. Leave our mature trees standing. Preserve our shade canopy. Protect Houston’s live oak trees! 

SEND EMAIL to INFO@MONTROSEHTX.ORG TODAY!   Even one sentence counts!