The board that licenses Texas engineers and land surveyors takes up a question Thursday that its rules have never squarely answered: when a crew maps the gas, water and electric lines buried under a construction site, is that engineering, surveying, or both?
Texas Department of Transportation maintenance crews in the Dallas area are steadily expanding the road and bridge work they perform in-house rather than relying on contractors, according to an Aug. 6 story published in the agency's newsroom.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is accepting applications for the Seaport and Rail Yard Areas Emissions Reduction Program, with $24 million in funding available to reduce nitrogen oxides emissions at seaports and rail yards located in the state's air quality non-attainment areas, the agency announced in an Aug. 5 news release.
The Texas Transportation Commission awarded $955 million for 85 highway improvement projects, advanced a roughly $2.14 billion Houston design-build contract, and adopted new rail and aviation rules at its July 30 meeting, according to an Aug. 4 recap published by the Texas Department of Transportation.
The Texas Transportation Commission approved more than $154 million in transit funding to help Texans reach jobs, school, medical care, and other essential destinations, the Texas Department of Transportation announced in a July 31 news release.
The Texas Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration broke ground on Segment 6 of the Loop 1604 North Expansion in San Antonio, marking the final segment of the $1.4 billion project, according to a July 30 news release from TxDOT.
The Texas Transportation Commission spent five minutes and fourteen seconds on Thursday authorizing the procurement of the largest single piece of the most contested highway project in the state.
The Texas Transportation Commission will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 30, in Austin to consider authorizing the next procurement step for a major segment of the North Houston Highway Improvement Project, designating additional portions of State Highway 99 as toll roads and discussing the agency's next Legislative Appropriations Request. The commission will meet at the Dewitt C. Greer Building, 125 E. 11th St., in Austin.
The Texas Department of Transportation is preparing to mark the completion of the $80 million US 75 Last Mile Project in Anna, a Collin County effort aimed at easing congestion and improving safety along one of North Texas’ busiest corridors.
The financing engine behind much of suburban Texas got a daylong defense in the Capitol on Tuesday — and a warning from the people who live inside it.