LONGVIEW \u2014 A nasty piece of pavement in Gregg County is getting a makeover. KETK reports that construction is underway to improve safety measures along a portion of Highway 149. East Texans know the stretch of road as Whiskey Bend, and it\u2019s been the scene of many fatal crashes, including a fatal hit and run earlier this spring. Monday, Gregg County acquired land to help with the project. County Judge Bill Stoudt says added safety isn\u2019t the only thing the project brings. According to Stoudt, \u201cIt will open up a large tract of land for development. We\u2019ve had a lot of interest; a lot of national chains have asked about this project and when it\u2019s going to happen.\u201d The land acquired by the county allows Estes Parkway to make a\u201d T \u201d intersection with Eastman Road. County officials say the project is expected to take about two years to complete. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LONGVIEW \u2014 A nasty piece of pavement in Gregg County is getting a makeover. KETK reports that construction is underway to improve safety measures along a portion of Highway 149. East Texans know the stretch of road as Whiskey Bend, and it\u2019s been the scene of many fatal crashes, including a fatal hit and run … Continue reading Land Buy Aimed at Highway Safety, Development<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-16 07:22:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92381"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92693,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92381\/revisions\/92693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}