December 14, 2017      5:21 PM

Central Texas leaders disappointed by loss of ambitious Interstate 35 road project

Hays County Judge Conley and Travis County Commissioner Daugherty, both Republicans, want to sit down with Gov. Abbott and Lt. Gov. Patrick to explain the funding situation

Members of the Central Texas delegation consider the Texas Transportation Commission’s vote this morning to nix proposed managed lanes on Interstate 35 to be a politically-driven answer to a chronic actual problem.

The Texas Department of Transportation announced last week they were stripping more than a dozen toll road projects from TxDOT’s Unified Transportation Plan 2018, over the objections of multiple regions of the state.

Chair Bruce Bugg promised a projected revenue study, but the real problem for Central Texas is not projecting revenue. It’s financing roads.

By Kimberly Reeves

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