Major Development coming to Stone Oak area.

[01Snake]

Halle- in-lujah! If I leave my house in the morning before 6:30am or after 9:00am, I'm fine. If I leave anywhere in between, it takes around a half-hour just to get from my front gate to Huebner. It's ridiculous. They're clearing quite a bit of land at the Blanco/Huebner area for retail and a sign went up for a Mexican restaurant right next to the Mays YMCA, so I figured a widening of the road wasn't far behind.

AMEN! The traffic times you mentioned are to the tee. Its a joke. I hate the traffic that the YMCA produces as well.

Funny, I just saw that sign for the mexican restaurant a few days ago too. I'm sure more businesses won't be far behind.

[davi78239]

Exactly. I'm tired of the "we like our small town atmosphere" bull . Bad news, you don't live in a ing small town anymore. If it bothers you so much that your city is growing, leave.

A- en MEN!!! I'm sick of that too. People talking about "oh, we don't want another Houston or Dallas". Well, whether you want it or not, it's gonna happen and it is already. The bigger the city gets, the more ammenities and advancements come with it. If you stay small, you ain't going nowhere and then people will and complain why we don't have this or that in SA. I know the traffic gonna get even worse, but oh well. That's part of growth and if people don't like, move out to the en country!

[ididnotnothat]

I don't like it and I ain't going anywhere. There ain't no law against ing about the growth and congestion in that area. I'll take small town USA over the big city any damn day of the week.
If you all don't like the small town feel of SA why don't YOU move to a big city.

[davi78239]

I don't like it and I ain't going anywhere. There ain't no law against ing about the growth and congestion in that area. I'll take small town USA over the big city any damn day of the week.
If you all don't like the small town feel of SA why don't YOU move to a big city.

We don't have to because it's coming to us!

[johnsmith]

I don't like it and I ain't going anywhere. There ain't no law against ing about the growth and congestion in that area. I'll take small town USA over the big city any damn day of the week.
If you all don't like the small town feel of SA why don't YOU move to a big city.

That's our point, this isn't a small town, nor does it feel like a small town, so quit living in denial.

[ididnotnothat]

That's our point, this isn't a small town, nor does it feel like a small town, so quit living in denial.

It does to me. Perhaps you are in denial?

[ididnotnothat]

My point is you all are saying if you don't like the big city then we should leave. My point is that if YOU want a big city why don't YOU leave? Works both ways don't you think? Nobody says you can't move to Dallas or Houston.

But I agree that progress, good or bad, cannot be stopped unless the people want it to. Some people want to stop Wal-Mart and have successful but I know the area around Stone Oak WANTS the big developments and fancy stores. I just don't need them.

[johnsmith]

My point is you all are saying if you don't like the big city then we should leave. My point is that if YOU want a big city why don't YOU leave? Works both ways don't you think? Nobody says you can't move to Dallas or Houston.

But I agree that progress, good or bad, cannot be stopped unless the people want it to. Some people want to stop Wal-Mart and have successful but I know the area around Stone Oak WANTS the big developments and fancy stores. I just don't need them.

I agree with your piont that it indeed does work both ways, however, in this instance, the city is growing. It will continue to grow for a long time as well. Accept it, or don't and find a real small town. I hear there are plenty of them in West Texas.

[1369]

I agree with your piont that it indeed does work both ways, however, in this instance, the city is growing. It will continue to grow for a long time as well. Accept it, or don't and find a real small town. I hear there are plenty of them in West Texas.

No doubt the city is growing, I just wish it would grow somewhere else than 281/1604.

[Buddy Holly]

No doubt the city is growing, I just wish it would grow somewhere else than 281/1604.

It is, the 281/1604 area is probably the third or fourth fastest growing area in SA. The far west sector is the fastest growing area.

[1369]

It is, the 281/1604 area is probably the third or fourth fastest growing area in SA. The far west sector is the fastest growing area.

Well, hopefully some of the traffic woes will head that way as well.

/Get off my lawn

[Buddy Holly]

Speaking of toll roads, if everything goes as planned construction will begin next year.

[Buddy Holly]

Well, hopefully some of the traffic woes will head that way as well.

They are. Have you ever driven Potranco from 1604 to 151 at 6 pm?

[1369]

They are. Have you ever driven Potranco from 1604 to 151 at 6 pm?

No, but since it takes me 20+ minutes to get from the intersection of 1604/Stone Oak Parkway to Knights Cross at 6:00 in the evening, relief can't come soon enough.

[2Blonde]

Well, hopefully some of the traffic woes will head that way as well.

/Get off my lawn

I'm trying, I'm trying. We just listed our house yesterday. Had our first showing today. I have to say I sure won't miss the Blanco traffic nightmare. After 7 years of watching it go from nothing to gridlock, I can hardly wait to escape it. But then in the new home I'll just have to deal with 281/1604 traffic when ever I come into town from Spring Branch/ Canyon Lake area. But at least I'll have more than an acre to go home to and get away from it all.

[Mark in Austin]

I promise you I know more about why the first attempt at the job was shut down. Environmentalists got a hold of the contract and noticed (which was pretty ing obvious), that TxDot (which is the most poorly run agency in the world) decided to do a ty job on the environmental impact study. This was a bad mistake on TxDot's part because this job as everyone knows will be right over the Edward's Aquafer. So yeah, it is the environmentalist's fault as well as Txdot for getting too y.

Yeah, the nerve of those wacky enviros to insist TXDOT follow the rules over the aquifer. So how is this the environmentalists fault? TXDOT didn't follow regulations. The only party guilty of delaying the project is TXDOT for either intentionally violating edwards aquifer rules or being so ing incompetant that they don't know how to comply with them.

Finally, did you know that one of the items that gas taxes are going towards are the emergency flight for life around the area? While I agree with you that gas taxes have been moved around without voter consent, we can't just rob Peter to pay Paul at this point, we're in too deep into other areas with gas taxes.

So it is past time to take responsibility for our actions and fund non-road needs with cuts in other areas or higher taxes. The gas tax is for roads.

I know, I just thought of an alternative that would make it where gas taxes don't have to be raised, other items that are being paid for by gas taxes won't suffer, the road can be built quickly............this is genious, I can't believe I never thought of this before...........you ready for it.................BUILD ING TOLL ROADS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Or, you could make the developers who are right now being subsidized with free roads (and who are generating a huge chunk of the added traffic that is leading to the toll road debate) to pay the true costs associated with their development, and link the gas tax to inflation. Two pretty reasonable actions.

[KEDA]

I'm trying, I'm trying. We just listed our house yesterday. Had our first showing today. I have to say I sure won't miss the Blanco traffic nightmare. After 7 years of watching it go from nothing to gridlock, I can hardly wait to escape it. But then in the new home I'll just have to deal with 281/1604 traffic when ever I come into town from Spring Branch/ Canyon Lake area. But at least I'll have more than an acre to go home to and get away from it all.

welcome to my world!!!

looks like we might be neighbors

[young_prosecutor]

you may be my neighbor too! LOL

[Mr Dio]

Is the sign for the new Perico's?

[johnsmith]

Speaking of toll roads, if everything goes as planned construction will begin next year.

It won't start next year.

At least last time I looked into it, I'll find out on Monday the "projected" start date.

I do know they haven't finished the impact study as of yet.

[01Snake]

Is the sign for the new Perico's?

Not sure of you are talking about the new sign for a Mexican restaurant metion above but no, its not for Percio's. This sign is on Blanco just past Wilderness Oaks. Next to the YMCA.

[spurschick]

Is the sign for the new Perico's?

The new Perico's is going to be over by the new Lifetime Fitness. This other Mexican restaurant is right next to the Mays Y on Blanco.

[johnsmith]

what does ?progress? have to do with san antonio's population growth? it's not like SA is one of the biggest 5 or 10 cities in the world and this can be considered objectively as an experiment to see how many people can live comfortably in one place

Ok

[txallstar]

yeah sa is growing and becoming a great city, yeah more shops cant wait for more urban sprawl in the 281n area, never mind building up. more home depots more hotels, more walmarts, barnes n noble, best buy, circuit city, cant wait. our city is evovling into maid jobs,cashiers, and sales associates. great work shedding our small town atmosphere.

txdot will do the way they want, they are private company, not a government agency. since the state gov doesnt have to put anything to a vote, whatever they want to happen will happen.

[Buddy Holly]

txdot will do the way they want, they are private company, not a government agency. since the state gov doesnt have to put anything to a vote, whatever they want to happen will happen.