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A New Section of The Grand Parkway Is Now Open To Traffic

Another section of an ambitious Houston toll road project is now open to traffic. Drivers this morning (Feb. 8, 2016) are hitting the Grand Parkway between U.S. 290 and I-45. But while commuters are hoping for a quicker route, environmental groups say they still have some major concerns, as Gail Delaughter reports from the News […]

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Another section of an ambitious Houston toll road project is now open to traffic. Drivers this morning (Feb. 8, 2016) are hitting the Grand Parkway between U.S. 290 and I-45.

But while commuters are hoping for a quicker route, environmental groups say they still have some major concerns, as Gail Delaughter reports from the News 88.7 transportation desk.

Michael Hagerty

Michael Hagerty

Senior Producer, Houston Matters

Michael Hagerty is the senior producer for Houston Matters. He's spent more than 20 years in public radio and television and dabbled in minor league baseball, spending four seasons as the public address announcer for the Reno Aces, the Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

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