ATLANTA – Nine highway intersections in Northeast Texas will have new safety lighting systems added during the coming year, according to plans approved in June by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). “Nighttime lighting systems at the intersections will be installed that will have energy efficient LED lighting and will better illuminate the roadways,” said Rebecca […]
Day: June 26, 2021
Safety Features to be Added to Several Area Highways
ATLANTA — Safety features will be added or enhanced along six sections of highways in Northeast Texas during the next couple of years, according to plans approved in June by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). “This project is designed to reduce the severity of traffic incidents where vehicles leave the roadway,” said Paul Wong, Area […]
Guard Railings to be Upgraded on I-30 Frontage Roads, SH 77
ATLANTA – Guard railings will be upgraded over the next three years along Interstate 30 frontage roads in Bowie and Titus Counties and State Highway 77 in Morris County according to plans approved in June by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). “We will be replacing and upgrading the guard rails on I-30 frontage roads throughout […]
Texarkana Awarded Two TXDOT Sidewalk Grants
TEXARKANA, TX – The City of Texarkana, Texas was recently awarded $5,152,402 for sidewalk improvements along College Drive and North Robison Road as a part of the Texas Department of Transportation’s Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TA) Program. Overall, the Texas Transportation Commission approved funding for 16 Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside (TA) Program projects from across the state valued at […]
Weekly Roadwork Report – June 27-July 3, 2021
Bowie County I-30 – From FM 989 to Arkansas State Line, widening highway. Reconstructing and widening highway. Eastbound traffic moved to the outside lanes. SH 8 – At Sulphur River, replacing bridges. SH 98 – At Anderson Creek, replacing bridge. All traffic restricted to one lane with signal lights controlling traffic through work zone. Camp […]
Arkansas House of Representatives Update 6-25-21
There are currently 58,000 Arkansans who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. It is estimated that 67,000 will be diagnosed by 2025. June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month, an opportunity to hold a conversation about the brain, and share the fact that Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias are a major public health issue. In 2019, […]