New project at old Collin Creek Mall Plano space and more Dallas news Prototypical entrance of Collin Creek Mall in Plano.
Facebook This compilation of Dallas news, right before the holiday lull, is jam-packed and includes updates on the so-called Shingle Mountain, evictions in Dallas, a major mall in Plano, and a holy ceremony hosted by DART to usher in a new rail line. Here s what happened in Dallas this week:
Shingle Mountain After nearly two years of litigation, the city was allowed to begin removing Shingle Mountain, 98,000 tons of abandoned asphalt shingles at 9500 S. Central Expwy. According to a release, Roberts Trucking will move the shingle material to McCommas Bluff Landfill, which plans to recycle it. The removal is being supervised by Modern Geosciences to address environmental concerns, and is anticipated to be complete by the end of March 2021.
Letters to the Editor
Opinion
Letters to the Editor - Shingle Mountain in Dallas, Beto O’Rourke, Texas’ Electoral College, Texas seceding, bias in media
Readers propose a park to replace Shingle Mountain, disagree with those who criticize O’Rourke’s teaching gig, believe electors in Texas reflect poorly on the state, offer a way parts of Texas can secede and talk about a letter claiming bias in the DMN.
Pickups sit next to the pile of roofing shingles known as Shingle Mountain on Dec. 15, 2020 in southern Dallas.(Jeffrey McWhorter / Special Contributor)
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Re: “Cleanup begins this week of Shingle Mountain pile Q. Roberts Trucking will get $450K to haul the waste to a Youngblood Road landfill,” Tuesday Metro & Business story.
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A yellow bulldozer carries a pile of shingles on Thursday morning. This is the first day of a long removal to teardown Shingle Mountain, a giant pile of toxic waste that s been located in southeast Dallas for nearly three years.
After a years-long fight to remove Shingle Mountain, about ten trucks on Thursday morning began to haul away the six-story pile of roofing shingles in southeast Dallas.
City officials say the teardown is expected to be completed by March 2021.
Read more stories about how Shingle Mountain is affecting Dallas residents and the city s plan to remove it.
Starting at 8 a.m., large trucks from Roberts Trucking Inc. began to haul shingles away. The crew estimated there were over 100,000 tons of them on site.
Finally: Southeast Dallas neighbors watch as trucks begin to haul off Shingle Mountain
Marsha Jackson has been waiting years for a mountain of roof shingles to disappear from view of her southeast Oak Cliff home.
Marsha Jackson talks on Thursday as a contractor begins moving shingles away from the land adjacent to her backyard. Shingle Mountain, a pile of roof shingles, has accumulated over about three years after a landowner leased out his property for a businessman to recycle shingles in Dallas on Thursday, December 17, 2020. (Lola Gomez/The Dallas Morning News)(Lola Gomez / Staff Photographer)
Updated at 8 p.m. with more comments about the mountain’s removal.
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