Industrial Boulevard renaming poll has Dallas officials mired in controversy - Dallas - (to César Chávez Boulevard)

The process of renaming Industrial Boulevard was supposed to be a way to get the public involved in Dallas’ biggest public-works project, the redevelopment of the Trinity River Corridor.

Instead, after a city-sponsored poll resulted in overwhelming support to rename the road César Chávez Boulevard, the City Council has found itself mired in a controversy it never wanted but that appears primed to split it along racial lines.”*

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