TxDOT Executive Director Marc Williams said exponential growth in areas like Comal, Hays and Guadalupe counties prompts a need for ongoing highway infrastructure projects.
A rendering shows plans for elevated, non-tolled lanes in Bexar and Guadalupe counties.The head of the Texas Department of Transportation said with ongoing growth in the state, construction is not expected to let up any time soon.The San Antonio-Austin corridor has become one of the fastest growing regions, with significant growth in Comal, Hays, and Guadalupe counties.
"The work will never conclude on Interstate 35 between Austin and San Antonio, I can say that pretty definitively," he said."The demand, the growth, the population, the business, the commerce, it brings that about."
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