City officials confirmed during Thursday’s City Fest gathering that the land bridge component of proposed sports-and-entertainment district Project Marvel is indefinitely on pause due to federal funding cuts.
City Manager Erik Walsh broke the news during a panel discussion with small-business owners including chef Johnny Hernandez and Friendly Spot owner Jody Bailey Newman, who expressed concerns construction might impact their operations, according to the San Antonio Report, which puts on City Fest.
San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones also told both the Report and City Fest attendees that the land bridge, which was supposed to connect the proposed basket ball arena at Hemisfair to parking garages on the other side of I-37 at the Alamodome, may no longer be feasible under the Trump Administration’s federal funding freezes…