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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1995)
Page 6 • The Battalion ''X'cd nesday • June 7, V/' ^ =T Technocar Continued from Page 1 Bryan citizens fight losing battle against egret : three-step process in February. A major feature of the sys tem is the global-positioning . system, which identifies the ex- ; act location of the vehicle. This : information is most important I when police are filing accident | reports, he said. Emergency medical person- ; nel will also be able to use the i information to get to the scene ; of the accident more quickly. The officer can receive coor dinates through the hand-held f device and information will be directed to a database. Ana- ; lysts may look at accident ; trends to make suggestions to improve road conditions. Wright said work is cur rently being done on two 1995 Chevrolet Caprice police cars owned separately by DPS and the College Station Police Department. The idea was first developed in 1992 by Marlin Crouse, a principal investigator with TTI, who headed the first phase of the project and developed most of the hardware for the first prototype, Wright said Morgan said the work in phase one was done to prove the feasibility of the concept and to show how police de partments could use this technology. He said the phase also provided visibility for the project, and as a result, funding was increased. Technocar 2000 is spon sored and funded by the Fed eral Highway and Work Ad ministration and the Texas Department of Transporta tion, Morgan said. The project currently has enough funds to last through 1997, he said. □ The birds come to nest on Groesbeck Street each year, despite efforts made by the city to keep them away. By Michael Simmons The Battalion “Several people felt the mor ey would have been better sper on something involving more d. 1( the community, like the demc: -—- - tion of crack houses,” he said. Bryan Mayor Lonnie Stable said efforts to relocate the rooktr could take up to five or six years ! “Efforts to move the birt have been complicated becar the birds are protected by fede: al law,” Stabler said. -n ilh< le Roger Hsieh, The Battalion These egrets made their home on Groesbeck Street in Bryan. The humans who already live there object to the smell of their new neighbors and want them to leave. A flock of migratory birds have nested in a residential area on Groesbeck Street in Bryan, posing an unwanted health risk to the surrounding community. Joe Brown, spokesman for the city of Bryan, said the rookery, or nesting ground, is occupied by possibly thousands of egrets. In an effort to control the birds, the city of Bryan hired a contractor to bulldoze more than 19 acres of underbrush, he said. “The city has spent Si 10,000 to control the flock,” Brown said. “The money comes from the city’s demolition fund, which is normally used to demolish va cant buildings.” Brown said the city is limited on how it can attack the problem. “You can’t kill the birds,” Brown said. “So, all we can do is modify their habitat.” Several political questions have been raised concerning the money spent by the city, Brown said. “It is unclear whose responsi bility it is to handle the problem,” Brown said. “The city stepped for ward and went out on its own.” Brown said Bryan citizens preferred that the money be spent elsewhere. Stabler said he believes the: 1 are fewer birds this year than previous years and that the dr has almost solved the problem, five! “We are close to movingtt; ^ birds out of the city,” he sair “but they still pose a nuisan: ... and a possible health hazard' area residents.” i ip “ Stabler said municipality Sen are concerned that theynuiexas abide by federal and stajogy statutes without receiving fuo;efan ing to handle the birds. pons “When a statute is introductie |A<! in the middle of the year, the: Tht is no money in the budget:yJt, ei "The smell from the 0 j^ lc birds is awful." ersit: InA Groesbeck Street mw help the city,” Stabler said, f ^ Joe Bayer, 76, who has livedi Groesbeck Street for more tha.r years, said he feels helpless' “We have to live here day and day-out, breathing this ai he said. “The smell from! birds is awful. “It can’t be healthy,” Bay said. “When the city came to; up a fence around the birds, workers all wore chemical sm n P a Let the ( dent Sensational Summef oun irch ly Tai HE B I Every Wednesday x 4 y i /! i n The Battalion i i I SAVING$$ Sei ided oxes pond o 19S Gr leal he fil I I I I I I I I I L. 107 South College 268-8888 TRY OUR NEW PICK-UP STORE Open Daily 5-10 p.m! 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