HOUSTON – Houston City Council is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to abandon a stretch of Polk Street in downtown — a move that would clear the way for the George R. Brown Convention Center expansion and TxDOT’s I-45 overhaul.

Residents urge council to reconsider

At City Hall Monday, East End residents made last-minute pleas to city leaders, saying the plan would cut them off from the rest of Houston.

“We are not against the expansion of the George R. Brown,” said Scott Singleton, an East End resident. “We are against them doing it so that it permanently cuts off the East End from the rest of the city.”

Many who live in the area say it’s not the first-time major projects have created barriers between the East End and downtown.

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