Editorial: Is Houston getting big-footed by small towns on H-GAC regional planning board?
Residents and stakeholders share their thoughts on how to make getting around the Houston-Galveston region safer and better for years to come.You are an engaged, informed citizen. You know your mayor and county judge, even your council member and commissioner. But do you know theAnd yet these lesser-known governing bodies comprised of elected officials and other stakeholders do some of the heaviest lifting when it comes to guiding our transportation, flood control and other regional planning.
We'll hold off on deciding whether to endorse the ballot measure, which if approved, would require the City of Houston to go to the H-GAC and renegotiate for a greater share of the votes based on its population, but we are grateful to the activists for raising awareness of this decision-making body through which millions of federal and state dollars flow.
The argument is simple: Houston and Harris County represent the majority of the region’s population but only a fraction of the votes. In practice, this has meant Houston’s voice is muted in major decisions, including when H-GAC approved a plan that would give Houston just 2 percent of $488 million in federal flood money or the transportation committee's approval of controversial I-45 expansion plans over the objections of Houston and Harris County.
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