On Tuesday, employee crews started changing the indicators for downtown’s César E. Chávez Boulevard, which Metropolis Council final month unanimously voted to return to its previous title of Durango Boulevard.
Council accredited the title change within the wake of a bombshell New York Occasions investigation that accused the Latino labor chief of grooming and sexually abusing ladies who labored within the motion he helped lead.
Metropolis officers mentioned the road signal modifications ought to wrap up by the top of this month and value taxpayers about $375,000. Nonetheless, freeway indicators, which the Texas Division of Transportation will exchange, may take as much as six months to replace.
District 5 Councilwoman Teri Castillo led the cost to rename the road after a metropolis survey discovered that 64% of metropolis residents wished to vary the title after the allegations in opposition to Chávez got here to mild.
“Public areas ought to replicate the group’s values and tradition and honor solely upstanding people who’ve made vital contributions to San Antonio,” Castillo mentioned. “Residents made it crystal clear that it was time for a change, and I’m grateful for everybody’s suggestions.”
The town agreed to rename the road Durango, which was the boulevard’s authentic title earlier than Metropolis Council voted to call it after Chávez in 2011.
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Metropolis Council unanimously accredited the title change on Thursday. Different cities are additionally altering the names of streets in response to Chávez’s tarnished legacy.
If accredited by council, the title change will price taxpayers $373,700.
Alamo Metropolis residents can weigh in on the dialogue of what to rename César E. Chávez Boulevard throughout two group boards this week.
