Fans of H-E-B’s fresh-made tortillas rejoice: During Thursday's City Plan Commission meeting, the Texas grocery store chain received the first of two needed green lights to build its first store within Dallas city limits.

A dozen residents spoke in opposition to the store’s North Dallas expansion plan, arguing that a grocer on the 10-acre plot of land on the corner of Hillcrest Road and LBJ Freeway would increase traffic congestion in the area, promote noise, and disrupt the general peace of nearby residential neighborhoods.

Only three individuals spoke in favor of the plan (one of whom lives in Austin but called in to the meeting because his uncle, who evidently lives near the H-E-B site, asked him to). Still, the plan commission unanimously approved the grocery store’s rezoning requ

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