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Thursday, March 11, 2010
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NDNA Newsletter Winter 2009 Volume 12
Issue 7
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community and has become the best means to communicate among the
NDNA membership. This is the first time our newsletter has been
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December 21st, 2009
NDNA General Membership Meeting
Tuesday, January 19th 7:00 p.m.
North Central Police Station Community Room
@Hillcrest and McCallum
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Have you read about the Loving My Community
Neighborhood
Improvement Grants Dallas has awarded?
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Mick McCord, our North Central Service Area
Coordinator, will fill
you in on the details of this exciting program.
Dessert and coffee will be
provided
March 27th, 2009
PRESTON RIDGE TRAIL PLANTINGS MUST BE
APPROVED
Perhaps you have noticed the many beautiful plantings on the Preston
Ridge Trail. They are indeed lovely, but have been carefully designed
to be both attractive AND suitable for a utility
easement.
Unfortunately, some folks are planting things on the trail without
permission from the City of Dallas or ONCOR. You may not know that there is
a Master Plan for the beautification of the trail. The Master Plan has been
constructed in a joint effort between the
Friends of the
Preston Ridge Trail, the City of Dallas , and ONCOR. Plants that
are not a part of this master plan may be species that are not suitable for
a utility easement. It has turned out that quite a few of the
unauthorized plantings are NOT suitable.
We call these "renegade plantings" because they were
done without prior approval from any of the above three entities.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THESE PLANTINGS WILL BE REMOVED IF THEY ARE NOT
APPROVED BY ONCOR.
The communication of this to all area residents is very important. Please
publish this article in your HOA's next newsletter, and/or e-mail to your
residents. Our cooperation with ONCOR has resulted in a beautiful trail, and
we do not want to put this partnership at risk. Future plantings along the
trail depend on a good working relationship with both the City of Dallas and
ONCOR.
The next major planting events need your involvement.
They are scheduled for November 2009 and November 2010. The November 2009
planting is the planned date for the stretch from Davenport to Campbell
Green. The City of Dallas will help with planting once we have organized a
group to handle watering. Call Rod Scales 972-679-8359 who
will put you in touch with the neighborhood person for each area that is
doing the organizing for their stretch of the trail. These groups are in
formation and need volunteers.
Thank you for your assistance.
For more information on the Preston Ridge Trail visit:
http://PrestonRidgeTrail.org/ .
March 26th, 2009
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Dallas Floodway Periodic Inspection
Report 9 (Draft)
The City of Dallas and the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers (Corps) announced the preliminary results of the
Draft Dallas Floodway Periodic Inspection Report 9 (Draft Report).
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May 5th, 2008
New ramp puts “Stonehenge” nickname to rest
Ramp from Keller Springs Road to the southbound lane
of Preston Road is now open
Council members Ron Natinsky (District 12) and Linda Koop (District 11)
were joined by officials from Dallas County and the Texas Department of
Transportation (TXDOT) to cut the ribbon on a new ramp connecting eastbound
Keller Springs Road to southbound Preston Road. The ceremony was held at 7
p.m. on Monday, May 5th. The new $3.5 million ramp which improves
safety and congestion issues at the Preston/Westgrove/Keller Springs
interchange was funded with 20 percent state funds and 80 percent federal
Congestion Mitigation Air Quality funds.
Construction for the project began in November 2005 and took two and a
half years to complete. Construction delays resulted in a redesign process,
and the large columns stood in place for several months, causing residents
to nickname the project “Stonehenge;” a reference to the prehistoric ruins
surrounding a circular setting of large standing stones in the English
countryside.
The new ramp provides a direct connection for eastbound Keller Springs
Road motorists with a southbound Preston Road destination. Previously,
motorists had to travel north via the two-way connection between Westgrove
Drive and Keller Springs and then make a u-turn at Westgrove to proceed
southbound on Preston Road.
Phase II for the Preston/Westgrove/Keller Springs interchange includes
additional improvements to provide better access for the area and further
reduce delays. Construction on those improvements is expected to begin
in early 2009.
A short video of the ramp opening is included below. The video requires Windows Media
Player to be installed on you computer and your internet browser must be
setup to allow Active-X
controls to be run. The Active-X control is what is used
to stop, start, and control the Windows Media Player.
The video is a
2.39MB file; 1:06 minutes in length. To view the video, click on the play
button. To download the video and play it later,
click here.
April 12th, 2008
Preston Ridge Trail
Phase II
Groundbreaking
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Saturday, April 12, 2008
NE Corner of Meandering Way and
McCallum
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