Loop Widening Project Set to Start in 2013
Posted/updated on: September 29, 2011 at 4:36 pm
TYLER — A new expansion project is set to clear up a longtime bottleneck on Tyler’s West Loop 323. According to KETK, the project is in place to start in 2013. It will widen the section near Bellwood Road south of Highway 31 from four lanes to six. The Metropolitan Planning Organization has agreed to help tackle the project with TxDOT. The effort also includes complete replacement of the existing underpass. Mayor Barbara Bass (pictured) says originally, the project wasn’t slated to happen for at least ten years. But she says because of some projects coming in under budget, the city was able to get the federal and state funding required. Bass says she hopes the work will be completed in the next five years. In the meantime, she asks the public for patience.
