 who was being threatened by Roche.
Gerolsteiner and Cofidis moved to take over the lead work, and in the end, the field crossed the finish line 7.29 behind Erviti. That was enough to keep Zaugg in 10th while moving Roche up from 17th to 13th.
The large escape group worked well together, but with about 30 km to go, they realized they would not be caught and tried to figure out how to outfox each other and take the win. There were innumerable escape attempts, with Garcia Acosta, Flecha and the two Euskaltel riders being the most active.
Herrero took off with four kilometres to go, and Erviti, Roche and Kiryienka caught him at the two kilometre marker. They stayed together as they went up the slight incline to the finish. Kiryienka was the first to drop off. Roche opened the sprint too early and Erviti passed him to take the win by a hair.
Seven and a half minutes later, Gerolsteiener's Heinrich Haussler and Sebastian Lang led the peloton in.
October 25, 2019 9:39:17 pm
With the Tamil Nadu government having declared a government holiday Monday and Diwali falling on Sunday, traffic in Chennai is bound to be reduced to a snail’s pace for the next three days as people leave the city for their extended weekend.
Here is what the traffic will be like from Friday to Monday:
All roads leading to and from Chennai will be gridlocked on Friday evening as people leave by road towards towns and cities across South India and once again on Monday when they will be slated to return. Roads along Chengalpet, Puducherry, Perungalathur, Hosur and Kancheepuram will be busy for the next three days.
The Southern Railway has introduced special trains for Diwali to clear the rush of extra passengers during the festival. With the trains set to depart in the evenings on Friday and Saturday, citizens can expect traffic snarls at the junction outside the Puratchi Thalaivar MG Ramachandran Central Station and outside the Tambaram railway station in the evenings.
Over 11,000 special government buses have been introduced by the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) for the three-day holiday. The special buses will be operated between Thursday and Saturday out of six bus stations in the city, namely Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus (CMBT), Madhavaram, Tambaram-Sanatorium, Tambaram, K K Nagar and Poonamallee.
The concentration of traffic is expected to be huge around the bus stations, given that most people have opted for buses over trains this time.
With people moving out of the city on Friday evening, commuting within the city will be relatively faster, barring the movement of private buses. Likewise, commuting within Chennai will be a hassle-free affair on Saturday and Sunday.
The concentration of traffic moving towards the city is expected to peak on Monday, with people set to return home after the extended weekend break. Traffic towards Chennai along the roads near Chengalpet, Puducherry, Kancheepuram, Hosur and Perungalathur is expected to be gridlocked on Monday, especially in the evening.
Likewise, the movement of traffic outside the Puratchi Thalaivar MG Ramachandran Central and Tambaram railway stations is expected to be hit as people return to the.Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz describes where the city’s River Vega project will be constructed should his administration secure funds for its construction. Saenz spoke with The Texas Tribune from his Laredo office on March 12.
LAREDO — As President Donald Trump continues pushing to build a wall on the country’s southern border, elected officials here know that Laredo and Webb County are on the short list of places that are next in line for a barrier. So city leaders are promoting their own vision for a wall that they say will fulfill Washington’s goals while enhancing the quality of life for local residents.
City leaders have dusted off the plan, and now they’re trying to convince the federal government to finance it. They want to build a concrete bulkhead near the banks of the Rio Grande that incorporates green and recreational space, a promenade and flood protection — and they say it would also fulfill the federal government’s demand for a border barrier.
The project would run through about 12 miles of city property that includes a large swath near the city’s downtown outlet mall, soccer fields and parks that sit on or near the banks of the Rio Grande. Its height would range from 18 to 22 feet, and it would cost about $18 million per mile, Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz said. That’s about $6 million less per mile than the steel barrier the Trump administration wants to build, according to the latest estimate by the Office of Management and Budget.
The project has support from U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, who represents Laredo in Congress and said it’s a modern way to address border security concerns.
“I support the development of mutually beneficial border security infrastructure projects based on mutual agreements between local communities and the Department of Homeland Security, that will produce viable alternatives to a 14th century wall,” Cuellar said in an email, adding that Laredo officials presented the concept to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan during a visit to Washington, D.C., earlier this month.
Laredo’s River Vega project envisions turning the banks of the Rio Grande into a development combining recreational space, flood control and a border barrier.
It’s not the first time local officials have asked the federal government to combine a local project with its border wall construction. More than a decade ago, Rio Grande Valley officials convinced the government to improve miles of local flood-control levees in exchange for allowing border fencing to be built atop the levees.
But Laredo environmentalists argue that city leaders are surrendering to the White House prematurely and placing the environment in harm’s way while they promote the River Vega project.
Tricia Cortez, the executive director of the Rio Grande International Study Center, said the city’s eagerness to make a deal on a customized barrier around downtown has put sensitive habitats outside the project’s boundaries at risk. A barrier in Webb County would also include dozens of miles in rural areas near the Rio Grande.
The local fight comes as Trump continues to double down on building a wall and fulfilling his signature campaign promise. After a five-week government shutdown triggered when Congress refused to approve more than $5 billion that Trump requested for the wall, the president issued a national emergency declaration last month that would divert billions in defense spending to construct the barrier. The U.S. House and Senate voted recently to oppose the declaration, but the president vetoed the measure, saying it was “his duty” to do so.
Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz points to features of the proposed River Vega project on a map.
Saenz, the Laredo mayor, said he shares the concerns about a wall’s potential environmental impacts and that he would push to ensure that all environmental regulations were followed.
But Saenz and other members of the council so far have declined environmentalists’ push for a city resolution condemning the president’s emergency order — a mostly symbolic gesture but one that environmental groups say would put the city on record opposing Trump’s methods for funding the wall. Laredo spokesman Rafael Benavides said Saenz and the council have publicly opposed both the wall and Trump’s emergency declaration.
Laredo resident Carlos Garcia, who was enjoying an afternoon beer and pizza last week at Laredo’s riverfront outlet mall, agreed.
Godrey Garza Jr., the former general manager of Hidalgo County Drainage District No. 1, negotiated a deal in which he earned 1.5 percent from every dollar spent on the levee-fence project. He ended up pocketing about $3.5 million from the project, a Texas Tribune investigation discovered. Although the contracts and compensation were approved by Hidalgo County’s commissioners court, the county later sued Garza to recoup some of the money after alleging that he charged an inflated commission.
The lawsuit was later dismissed after a judge said there wasn’t enough evidence to support the allegations. The county withdrew a subsequent federal lawsuit against Garza earlier this year.
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