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TxDOT COMMISSIONERS APPROVE FUNDING FOR NEW PROJECTS AND MAINTENANCE

By: Rhonda Oaks

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Texas Transportation Commissioners on Thursday met in Austin and approved more than $601.5 million in new construction and highway improvement projects statewide, including more than $5.7 million for the Lufkin District.

Four new construction projects were approved in Houston, Nacogdoches, Sabine and San Jacinto counties and include:

  • SL 304 in Houston County: A $2.4 million project that is designed to rehabilitate and reconstruct the roadway just west of SH 19 to just east of SH 21/SH 7.
  • US 59 in Nacogdoches County: A $1.1 million project designed for intersection improvements with right and left turn lanes located 1.2 miles south of Spradley Street to CR 524.
  • FM 1 in Sabine County: A $764,437.24 project designed to replace guardrail from the San Augustine County line to SH 184 and on SH 7 from just east of FM 227 to the Angelina County line in Houston County.
  • SH 150 in San Jacinto County: A $1.5 million project designed to replace guardrail from east of SH 156 to US 59, on FM 945 from SH 150 to FM 2025 in San Jacinto County and SH 146 from US 190 to the Liberty County Line in Polk County.

Also approved was more than $50.5 million statewide for routine maintenance contracts and includes $4.2 million for the Lufkin District designated for roadway materials for routine maintenance throughout the nine-county district.

Commissioners also approved $27.3 million for airport improvements statewide and included $262,500 designated for the Angelina County Airport in Lufkin and Houston County Airport in Crockett. The improvements are funded through the Aviation Facilities Grant Program and include:

  • Angelina County: $150,000 for engineering and design improvements.
  • Houston County: $112,500 for the installation of an automated weather observing system.

Commissioners also approved $1.5 million designated for the construction and rehabilitation of buildings and included $284,283.20 for the Lufkin District designated for the replacement of emergency generators in the Nacogdoches Area Engineers/Maintenance offices.

For more information, contact Rhonda.Oaks@txdot.gov or call (936) 633-4395.

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Rhonda Oaks
Rhonda Oaks is the Public Information Officer for the nine-county Lufkin District of the Texas Department of Transportation. A Lufkin native, she is a graduate of Hudson High School and Angelina College. She has a background in print journalism and worked for many years as a newspaper reporter and a freelance writer. She has received eight Associated Press awards. Her articles have been published in many publications over the past 25 years.

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