A Path for Removing the Medians on Texas Avenue
We The People...
By placing a Charter Amendment on the November ballot, the citizens of Bryan can vote on removing the medians. In order to achieve this goal, we need 2,500 signatures collected one at a time on a paper petition. This can not be done online.
The following dates, times and locations will have circulators on site if you would like to sign the petition to put the issue of removing the medians on Texas Avenue on the November ballot.
You MUST be a Bryan resident and registered to vote to sign the petition.
Mon - Sat 10:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M. - Libations 725 E. Villa Maria #700 (in the Tejas Center near Marshall's)
Tue - Fri 6:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. and Saturday's 6:00 A.M. to 1:00 P.M. - Jesse's Taqueria 3310A E. 29th Street
Tuesday's and Thursday's 4:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. - 2111 Elmwood Dr., (corner of Ester and Elmwood)
Friday's 11:30 to 1:00 P.M. - San Jose Restaurant 414 Main St. (next to Alice's Attic)
Saturday, June 13 - 10:00 - 4:00 pm - Brazos Center Pavalion (back corner of parking lot)
Tuesday June 23th - 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. - (Fries Financial) 108 E. North Ave., Bryan
Sat June 27th - 9:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. - (Fries Financial)108 E. North Ave., Bryan
Check the website for more dates and times.
Website: http://www.bcsmedianssurvey.org
EMAIL: RemoveTheMedians@Gmail.com
PHONE: (979) 589-2920 (landline—does not text) or (979) 402-9670
Texas Avenue Medians were "Never About Safety"
In a bit of a surprise revelation, the BCS Medians Survey Team has learned that the Texas Avenue Median Project was originally envisioned as a "beautification project". Safety was never the driving factor!
During a recent drive along with TxDOT's District Engineer, he mentioned that the City of Bryan wanted to beautify the Texas Avenue corridor. He also admitted that many sections of Texas Avenue were too narrow and didn't really warrant medians. During a recent City Council meeting, Bryan City Manager, Keen Register, confirmed that "the project began as a request from the City to make Texas Avenue in Bryan look like it does in College Station."
Seems a little disingenuous considering that TxDOT cited safety concerns in their virtual public meeting, and that TxDOT applied for and received safety funds to construct the project.
