"I am absolutely thrilled," said Kay Nordby, who led the opposition.
She and about 30 other people spoke out against the bridge at the third public hearing on the project in the past year. They said the bridge, intended to ease east-west travel, would displace families and disrupt the serenity of the lake.
Commissioners voted 3-1 to remove the bridge over the lake's southern tip from the county's long-range plan.
"I think at some point the bridge is going to be needed," Hoagland said. "We are entrusted with looking out for the future of Collin County."
For the past year, commissioners have emphasized that the bridge probably wouldn't be built for at least a decade because funding wasn't available and traffic didn't justify it.
Several opponents said officials could reduce traffic congestion near Lavon Lake by widening U.S. Highway 380, which crosses the lake near its northern tip, and State Highway 78, which skirts its eastern shore. They said those improvements would be cheaper and more effective than building another bridge across the lake.
The proposed project consisted of two bridges. One would have started on the lake's west side in Lucas and connected to the peninsula in the center. A second bridge would have extended to the eastern shore near the town of Lavon. The combined length of the bridges would have been about eight miles.
~Courtesy of Dallas Morning News
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