From Texas A&M Recon...
CORPUS CHRISTI (Corpus Christi Caller-Times) – Voters on Tuesday turned down, by a 55 percent to 45 percent vote, a vehicle ban on the 7,200 feet of beach stretching from the Packery Channel south jetty to the northern boundary of Padre Balli Park.
Voters also overwhelmingly approved a measure to allow residents to vote on all future beach vehicle-ban proposals. If the city wants to ban vehicles on any stretch of beach, an election would be automatic.
Developers insisted on the ban as a condition for their proposed $1.5 billion resort community. Mayor Henry Garrett said he hopes to negotiate a compromise with development company Intrawest, although he had not talked with developers Wednesday. The city would put all options on the table, Garrett said, including using wooden posts to separate pedestrians and vehicles, a choice the developers previously rejected but that is used on developed areas of nearby Mustang Island.
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