I-35 changes dramatically in TxDOT's proposed $8 billion expansion in Austin
The Texas Department of Transportation has unveiled an $8 billion expansion plan for Interstate 35 that would add lanes to the highway through Austin and result in the construction of two levels of underground tunnels near the University of Texas.
TxDOT made the presentation Monday night during a board meeting of the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, which voted to kick in $400 million for the project in hope of enticing state and federal transportation agencies to follow suit.
“This is a huge deal,” Austin Mayor Steve Adler said. “This is the regional (transportation) project that is our singular most important.”
Marisabel Ramthun, TxDOT’s director of planning and development for the project, stressed that the plan is preliminary. It likely will change substantially as the agency studies the project, reaches out to the public and conducts engineering studies.
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