Alison Alter

May 16, 2024 | austinchronicle.com | Natasha Harper-Madison |Vanessa Fuentes |Paige Ellis |Alison Alter

In April, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality announced that the Austin area now exceeds safe concentrations of soot according to the Environmental Protection Agency. With that knowledge in hand, Austin’s representatives to the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization – Alison Alter, Paige Ellis, Vanessa Fuentes, and Natasha Harper-Madison – put forward a resolution this week to hold I-35 expansion funds until the completion of two environmental studies currently in the works.