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What happened to the deck parks planned over I-30 near downtown & convention center?
['Aria Jones', 'Staff Writer', 'The Dallas Morning News']
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Southern Dallas residents, who still face detours because of the project, could eventually see green spaces reconnect neighborhoods to the north and south.
Watch NBC 5 free wherever you are WATCH HERE WATCH HERETwo such structures are part of Dallas’ redevelopment of the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center — projected to cost up to $3.8 billion.
They were previously conceived as one big deck, resembling Klyde Warren Park in Uptown, but were split into smaller structures when the landscape proved to be an obstacle, said Rosa Fleming, who leads the convention center department.
LEARN MORESupporters say these deck-like connections near Lamar Street could transform southern Dallas.
The convention center redevelopment as a whole has faced scrutiny, including plans to reroute traffic from Oak Cliff, which could alter that area’s connection to downtown.