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Renard Johnson: “Right now they're talking about widening it and we're…”

Featuring: Renard Johnson, Mayor of El Paso | Texas

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Mayor Johnson outlines 2026 priorities at El Paso 'State of the City' address

Published | Video Starts at 39:57

Many of us in this room may not ever see it but happen, but we have to give it a chance. Okay? We have to give that a chance. And Right now they're talking about widening it and we're talking about putting in the support beams to hold a Deck Plaza in the future. So we're talking about future proofing it. I think we would be doing a disservice to the community that if we don't at least position this community for that opportunity out in the future, we'll be doing a disservice to our kids. (39:57–40:07)

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Asserts that there are current discussions about widening [the infrastructure] and adding support beams for a future Deck Plaza.

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