State Funds Earmarked for I-35E Expansion

[TexasTowelie]

State transportation officials said this week they would come up with money to help fund the project. Plans for the expansion have been well under way, but funding has been an issue.

"What we are excited about right now is -- I cannot report to you a specific dollar amount because I don't know a specific dollar at this point in time -- but we have been advised by TxDOT that there are additional funds that are coming form TxDOT and the federal government for this project," Denton County Judge Mary Horn said.

Denton County has already raised some money for the project.

"It's going to be a 28-mile stretch all the way from George Bush Turnpike in Dallas and to U.S. Highway 380, which is just north of city of Denton," Horn said.

http://www.nbcdfw.com/traffic/transit/State-Funds-Earmarked-for-I-35-Expansion--141817083.html

[snappyturtle]

1. Funny I've never heard this term in Texas: public transportation!

I'm particularly thinking of Houston. What a spaghetti bowl/maze of expensive, toll laden roads.
All I've seen for public transportation there is a measly light rail....covering little real estate. Am I missing something?

[FreakinDJ]

2. Texas - where every road has an Interstate Number

so they can recieve Federal Highway funds for the maintance.