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Government, Business, Logistics

TxDOT to Receive $1.1 Billion Boost from Surging Oil Business, Economy

Texas highways will get a $1.1 billion boost over the next year from the state鈥檚 vibrant economy, officials say, with much of that additional funding flowing from the booming oil and gas industry.

July 16, 2018
Government, Logistics, TCA

TxDOT to Forgive $1.3 Billion in Unpaid Toll Fees, Fines

The Texas Department of Transportation will waive more than $1.3 billion in late fines and fees owed by those who drove on its toll roads since 2007, agency officials say, a response to a cap in such fees imposed last year by the Legislature

April 19, 2018
TCA

Looking Back at a Century of Change as TxDOT Turns 100

TxDOT is turning 100 on April 4, the anniversary of the day Gov. James 鈥淧a鈥 Ferguson signed a bill creating what was then called the Texas Highway Department.

April 3, 2017
Government, Business

Texas Tollway Project Months Behind Schedule

The Texas 71 project, which will add one toll lane in each direction from the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport entrance to east of Texas 130 and straighten out an FM 973 dogleg, missed its contractual completion date of Oct. 7 by several months.

October 11, 2016