Description: Challenge to the environmental review for a highway widening project in Austin, Texas.
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Rethink35 v. Texas Department of Transportation
Case Documents:
Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary 06/20/2023 Order Download Action dismissed with prejudice pursuant to stipulation of the parties. 06/16/2023 Stipulation Download Stipulation of dismissal filed. Plaintiffs Agreed to Dismissal of Lawsuit Challenging Texas Highway Project. On June 16, 2023, three groups challenging the NEPA review for a highway project in Austin, Texas, stipulated to the dismissal of their lawsuit with prejudice. Their allegations had included that the Texas Department of Transportation failed to analyze impacts on climate change. In an interview with an Austin television station, the board president for one of the groups said the group was considering a separate suit to challenge a project affecting a different segment of the highway and did not have the capacity to pursue multiple lawsuits. 05/04/2023 Motion for Summary Judgment Download Motion for summary judgment filed by defendants. 06/26/2022 Complaint Download Complaint filed. Plaintiffs Challenged Texas Department of Transportation Review of Highway Project. Three plaintiffs challenged the National Environmental Policy Act review for a highway widening project in Austin, Texas. In their complaint filed in the federal district court for the Western District of Texas, they alleged, among other things, that the Texas Department of Transportation failed to analyze impacts on climate change, including by failing to provide information about emissions that might result from increased traffic volumes.