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Apr 18, 2025 18 min

El Paso deck park plan begins to form

from The El Paso Matters Podcast

A deck park that would span five blocks and cover I-10 in Downtown El Paso is estimated to cost $207 million to build. City officials are starting to form plans to fund the project and philanthropists are expected to put up tens of millions of dollars. El Paso Matters Reporter Diego Mendoza-Moyers discusses with assistant editor Pablo Villa updates from this week about the project, and what to expect going forward. You can read Diego's reporting at elpasomatters.org.

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El Paso deck park plan begins to form

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  1. 0:00 Intro
  2. 1:55 Rationale for the project
  3. 3:05 Klyde Warren comparison
  4. 4:48 Funding sources
  5. 9:23 TxDOT I-10 widening project
  6. 12:39 Criticism, opposition of the deck park
  7. 15:14 How to pay for park's maintenance, operations?

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