SW Dallas: Big Cedar Wilderness

itsjrd1964
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SW Dallas: Big Cedar Wilderness

Postby itsjrd1964 » 21 Feb 2023 12:09

Big Cedar Wilderness May Become a Dallas City Park

The tract is south of I-20 and off of Mountain Creek Pkwy. on 282 acres. It is largely unimproved other than what a local mountain biking club has done to lay trails.

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/big-c ... k/3198804/

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Re: SW Dallas: Big Cedar Wilderness

Postby Tnexster » 28 Feb 2023 08:55

This would be a great "save" since so much of this land is zoned for residential, not that anybody is itching to build on it anytime soon but this would at least take that option off the table. Wish the same could be done on the other side of I-20 where that 400 acre plot just sold to a developer.

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Re: SW Dallas: Big Cedar Wilderness

Postby tamtagon » 01 Mar 2023 19:38

All the large areas of open acreage like this in South Dallas should be put into nature reserve status.

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Re: SW Dallas: Big Cedar Wilderness

Postby itsjrd1964 » 18 Jun 2023 08:44

Dallas City Council votes to acquire 300-acre park in southern Dallas

https://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news ... rness.html

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Re: SW Dallas: Big Cedar Wilderness

Postby casperitl » 08 Aug 2023 14:40

Apparently DORBA did a lot of things on that property and illegally trespassing on adjacent properties that have angered area homeowners. Looks like the City of Dallas is taking them to court over it. This will take a lot of work to fix trees cut down, bad design of trails and dangerous bridges.