7,22 Trinity River Project - Dallas

We had class on the Trinity River Trust located in Dallas instead of having traditional class on school. The Trinity River Project which we are going to observe next 2weeks is two separated project the Trinity River Project - Dallas, we joined in today, and the Trinity River Vision – Forth Worth.

Basically, the main purpose broadly support this plan is balanced development of Trinity River Corridor, which associated with long term goal such as healthier environment and vitalization of city function. Actually, ultimate goals that the Trinity River Project is seeking to are defined as protection of river flooding, creating recreational urban open space, revitalization of city environment, and creating job opportunity with positive influence on local economy.
After all, project overview and scale were pretty impressive even if whole drawing is yet to be finished, however, one of curiosity that I had during the presentation was the project didn’t have income model which make this project financially feasible. I personally think, judging from scenario, massive construction cost and acquisition cost will be paid off by tax or public fund, furthermore, in the same context, expected huge amount of maintaining cost that probably occur after construction has done will possibly cause city’s budget shortage.

Overall, the project that I saw today was quite impressive, generally speaking, this kind of project is going to be win-win game because, at the end of project, the citizen of Dallas will be able to enjoy plenty of leisure facilities and a present environment, on the other hand, the city’s stand point, appraised value of property near Trinity River will be increased a lot, thus, tax revenue is expected to be incremented.