Highway Plan Approved
Posted/updated on: July 5, 2012 at 1:27 pm
AUSTIN — An elaborate plan to expand highways and airports across Texas gets approved by the political group which oversees the highway department. Texas Transportation Commissioner Jeff Austin of Tyler tells staff it’s important to look at how to connect more places than just along current interstates. He suggests taking a look at some of the east-west corridors, much as officials do on some of the north-south routes, such as I-69 and I-35. The state has compiled that document, which reaches out to the year 2035, as a way to connect remote Texas locations.
