Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas Department of Transportation announced a new 10-year transportation plan carrying a total projected investment of $138 billion, according to an Aug. 26 news release from the agency.
The Texas Department of Transportation said the Texas Transportation Commission awarded roughly $1.1 billion in construction and maintenance contracts, highlighted a record federal rail grant and recognized a rapid flood repair in Uvalde County during its August meeting.
Governor Greg Abbott announced a new 10-year transportation plan with a total projected investment of $138 billion, according to an Aug. 26 news release from the Office of the Governor.
Texas secured the future of one of its most closely watched regional rail connections Aug. 25 with the signing of an agreement between the Texas Department of Transportation and Amtrak to sustain the Heartland Flyer, the passenger line linking Fort Worth and Oklahoma City.
The five commissioners who govern the Texas Department of Transportation will meet Aug. 26 to approve the state's ten-year road plan, which the department says carries more than $95 billion.
The Texas General Land Office and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have signed a construction memorandum of understanding intended to speed early implementation of the Coastal Texas Project, Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham announced Aug. 20.
When a hurricane closes the highways into the Rio Grande Valley, the roads stop being the answer.
The agency that owns and repairs Texas government's buildings votes Thursday on the budget request it will carry into the next legislative session — one it had to write after the state's three top officials ordered every agency to cut its baseline by three percent.
A small nonprofit corporation that owns the SH 288 toll lanes south of downtown Houston meets Aug. 19 to elect officers, adopt a budget for next year and hear how much traffic the road is carrying.
The Texas Department of Transportation will receive more than $755 million from the Federal Railroad Administration to advance 12 rail grade separation projects across the state, the agency announced Aug. 14.