A couple of days ago I wondered about a TxDOT meeting that didn’t seem to have much public notice.
Yesterday I received an email from David M. Krukewitt, P.E, of Jones & Carter, Inc., saying that public notices were posted in the Spring Observer on October 6th and 13th (Connie told me that the Spring Observer isn’t available in our area), and in the Chronicle on October 2nd and 22nd.
The meeting was held on November 1st.
So, Jones & Carter did what they were required to do, but I think this example points to a need to update public notice regulations. With all the new technology out there, public notices need to keep pace. Perhaps (as Rorschach has suggested) a Harris County or Texas clearinghouse website should be established for public notices, so there is one place to look for such things.
And remember how Connie saw little signs up the night of the meeting? Why not require that signs be put up several days before the meeting, at various intersections around the area in question? In this case, various intersections around the Spring/Gosling Rd./Klein Oak High School area.
Yes, Jones & Carter did their part, but in today’s internet age, it’s ludicrous to think that little public notices in the back of a dead tree newspaper’s classified section are adequate.
