SAN ANTONIO – During a City Fest panel discussion on Thursday, San Antonio City Manager Eric Walsh confirmed that the land bridge over I-37 presented as part of Project Marvel is off the table for now.
Walsh blamed changing federal spending priorities, but remained hopeful that funding required could become possible under a different administration.
“It’s going to have to be a long term conversation,” said Walsh.”It’ll be important to do pedestrian bridges over the highway and keep people off at the street level back in Hemisphere Park, but, you know, never say never. I think it’s something that would be really unique and would have additional space, and it would connect the Dome.”
The proposed land bridge would have been built over I-37, connecting the Alamodome to the new Spurs Arena. The larger hope was connecting the East Side with downtown.
Early Voting
Proposition A proposes raising the hotel occupancy tax by up to 2% to fund a nearly $200 million redevelopment of the Frost Bank Center and rodeo grounds on the east side. Proposition B would allocate hotel tax revenue toward a proposed sports arena project, allowing the county to use more than $300 million of venue tax money for a new Spurs arena downtown.
Voters will ultimately decide the outcome. Early voting ends this Friday, and election day is Nov. 4.