Southeast Dallas residents say that road repairs are finally starting to appear six months after their first 311 request.
Crews from the Dallas Public Works Department are patching parts of Silver Brook Road in the Kleberg neighborhood.
“You can see the change all the time now,” said Kleberg resident Luis Rodiguez to NBC 5 DFW. “You can see people making it more comfortable, [repairing] the little holes in the streets. … It’s very, very good for my neighborhood.”
The neighborhood has reportedly been pleading for roadway improvement and other community development from Dallas for years.
In September 2020, Kleberg residents were left out of a plan to bring water and wastewater services to areas in Dallas that lack basic utilities. The town had no City sewer lines; homeowners had septic tanks in their yards.
In 2023, the residents of Kleberg were still calling on the City of Dallas to install sanitary sewer service. Additionally, residents requested the improvement of old roads and more green spaces.
“We only have one school. There’s no parks, no libraries that are accessible to some of the kids out there,” resident Jessica Ramirez said to NBC 5 last September.
Residents also told NBC 5 that the town lacks traffic safety signals and the opportunity to be included in new construction projects.
In May, the Dallas City Council finalized the 2024 Bond Program, which approved a $1.2 billion bond, with over $521 million allocated toward street repairs over the next five years.
A recent survey by the City of Dallas showed that residents are highly unsatisfied with the state of Dallas’ road safety, maintenance, and overall mobility, as previously reported by The Dallas Express.
Residents noted that maintenance and repair of major streets and neighborhood streets should be the City’s top two priorities for streets and infrastructure.
Dallas citizens can access the City’s online pavement map, which shows the extent of each road’s needs. Many roads are outlined in red, representing a “failed condition.”