The Texas Public Interest Research Group (TexPIRG), Environment Texas, and the Rethink35 campaign has filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Transporta
The Texas Public Interest Research Group , Environment Texas, and the Rethink35 campaign has filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Transportation overto spend over $1 billion to expand I-35 to 19+ lanes in the north and south of the Austin area.
"By splitting its I-35 project into separate parts, TxDOT is clearly violating the law," says TexPIRG Environment Campaigns Director Matt Casale. "For such a major highway project, TxDOT should be undertaking the most rigorous environmental review process, as well as giving the public much more opportunity to meaningfully participate in the conversation."
Greenfield said this project is also an equity issue. He believes widening freeways worsen serious and fatal traffic crashes, air pollution, noise, and carbon emissions, that will impact low-income communities and communities of color. The proposed improvements for the I-35 Capital Express Central project include removing the existing I-35 decks, lowering the roadway, and adding two non-tolled high-occupancy vehicle-managed lanes in each direction along I-35 from US 290 East to SH 71/Ben White Blvd. Construction on this project is scheduled to begin in late 2025.
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