TxDOT Says Despite Recent Rains, They're Still Hoping to Open the Calatrava to Cars March 5

• So why can't we have politicians doing this work?  They are already oh so proficient at slinging mud......

• Hell is other seasons

• Okay, you're right. We've had mild weather, and major rains that have made it wet. But, without any actual research on my part, I do believe this winter has had more dry days than is common.

• you must wait until the funding for a signature bridge is found in one of Tom L's buckets of money.

• I believe the NTTA cited that as one of the reasons they were able to open the DNT/121 interchange early also.

• 'working around the clock'.  Maybe they mean there will be a clock on the bridge, and people will be working in that area of the bridge.......??

• Does she count the life span of the bridge decadely?

•  Funny that the largest construction project in the country,the DFW Connector, is so far ahead in their schedule that they are now looking at completion next fall.  Prime factor? Unusual lack of bad weather.

• Women and children first

• bridge over weird fishes

• <i>"We have had some rain, so we're pressing the contractor to make up the time," (TxDOT spokeswoman Cynthia Northrop White) says.</i> This, after one of the driest years in the City's history.

• Landscaping? I thought The City said it couldn't afford landscaping anymore and Tx DoT decided to let it all die.  Why does this sound like a dodge?

• I was told third hand yesterday that going out on the bridge is technically trespassing for the time being, since it's an "active construction zone". So...be aware of that if you want to visit. Even though trespass signs are not posted, it's now listed as an enumerated street etc. The only thing "working" on the bridge that night were a couple coyotes on the southern apron where it meets the levee. If humans are "working around the clock" to finish, they surely were not the other night. We noticed how excited people were peeling off the Continental Street Bridge, jumping out of their cars and fast walking out as far as they dared on the bridge. Like watching people racing towards the front of a roller coaster line at Six Flags. Neat to see people get excited about something, for once.

• Watching Channel 8 last night I learned one thing, the new Hunt bridge may, or may not be open by March 5th. Hard-hitting, definitive and incisive news stories like that is why I fall asleep before the weather.

• Our typical winters are much wetter than this past one. That variable has already been in the contractor's favor.  Smoke blowing. Always a constant, never a variable.

• seriously, if something isnt done on the 30 bridge over the trinity, Im going ot have to exit beckly to avoid needing new rims and tires on my car.  That expansion joint crack is so wide, my teeth chattered this morning going over the bridge

• Well, all I can say is, to clarify, when she said "minutely," she meant "meant by minute," not "into very small pieces."

• I'm not sure sure how to read these responses from TxDOT spokeswoman Cynthia Northrop White. I'm still trying to understand what she means by the word "minutely", how she's reassessing where "we've gotten" and reading between the lines of someone who feels its necessary to try and explain the difference between a job "complete and substantially complete." Why oh why is this whole Calatrava/Trinity Toll Road stuff so hard to understand Jim S.?

• Be funny if the decision to open March 5 was because of Radiohead's arrival

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