About $2.5 billion is earmarked for the 12-county area around San Antonio, with the...
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Jay Crossley, director of Farm&City, a non-profit think tank based in Austin, said the plan reflects how the Legislature has “tied the hands of TxDOT and forced them to spend billions on wasteful things like freeway expansion” and widening once-rural roads intoCrossley’s group advocates for a spending balance that favors maintenance and safety upgrades, and he called the new plan “a dramatic improvement over last year because TxDOT has restored something like $800 million for safety...
“I think you’d find the same thing in San Antonio,” he said. “About a third of those surveyed in Houston said they wanted more walkable communities. The Texas Legislature largely ignores those wishes.” Of the $12.5 billion destined for the Houston region in the plan, nearly half of it, $6.13 billion, is dedicated to the rebuild of Interstate 45 from downtown Houston north to Beltway 8 near Greenspoint.
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