Austin's City Council wants I-35 to have more crossings and fewer semitrucks, among other changes, as TxDOT gears up for a sweeping expansion of the highway through Travis County.
Construction began last month on the South segment from Ben White Boulevard almost to the Hays County line, with plans toThe Central portion of the project — by far the largest, costliest and most impactful of the three —would add two non-tolled, high-occupancy lanes in each direction from Ben White to U.S. 290 East. The upper decks north of Manor Road would be torn down.
"Still too early to know what, if any, involvement we might have," was the entire response from a spokesperson in President Jay Hartzell's office to a list of questions from KUT. Watson — who pushed as a state senator for the I-35 project to receive billions in funding — said the city hasn't even come up with the $800 million to pay for covering the sunken lanes.
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