Dallas Morning News: Ex-Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk frustrated with Army Corps over Trinity project

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Ron Kirk, who persuaded voters to tackle the Trinity River project as Dallas mayor in the 1990s, voiced annoyance Friday at the Army Corps of Engineers' potentially devastating objections about the levees' design.

"I just find it remarkable that you would wait until you've gotten that far along with bridge construction and now raise a concern about the integrity of the levees," Kirk said.

"We knew the levees needed strengthening. That was the whole purpose of this program, to restore the structural integrity of the levees."

Kirk, who led the city from 1995 to 2002, joined President Barack Obama's Cabinet two weeks ago as U.S. trade representative. The Trinity project is a key part of his mayoral legacy.

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