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North Texas leaders to bend TxDOT chiefs' ears, but will they listen? U.S. judge gives Corps another reason to be cautious with Dallas levees Would Gov. Perry support a gas tax increase? NTTA set to approve $41 million to contractors this morning In Austin, your on-call car is waiting Statement from NTTA Chairman Paul Wageman ... Is Dallas ready for the World Cup? Mr. Morris goes to NYC Should state road funds be awarded by formula, or by discretion? Carona tells NTTA, TxDOT to reach a Hwy. 161 deal within 30 days Categories
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Entries tagged with 'txdot'Carona tells NTTA, TxDOT to reach a Hwy. 161 deal within 30 daysUpdate: I've included a response below from the staff director of the Senate transportation committee, which is led by Sen. Carona. Sen. John Carona, R-Dallas, has given NTTA and TxDOT a 30-day deadline to work out final details for the... Carona, Pickett to hold joint committee meetingsThat's what Joe Pickett, House Transportation Committee chairman, told me this afternoon. Pickett said that he and Sen. John Carona, who chairs the Senate's transportation panel, have agreed to bring their committees together next year to lay the groundwork for... You pay the tolls and taxes, so you decide: Who has the better business model: NTTA or TxDOT?This morning's Page One carries a story about NTTA's huge consulting bills, something understood intuitively by anyone who has ever attended one of its board meetings and seen the armies of suited folks waiting -- or hoping -- to get... Early look at new Texas transportation planHere are the outlines of a new state/local transportation funding proposal being shaped in talks among major metro transportation leaders for Texas' 2011 legislative session. It's "bold" by design and "large enough to make a difference," says Vic Suhm, executive... I-35E lanes to close Sunday and Monday; Woodall Rogers lanes closed SaturdayThe closures, from Loop 12 to Regal Row, are related to construction of DART's Orange Line. Click here for the details.... TxDOT: State will be able to afford $6 billion less in construction over next 10 yearsLooking ahead 10 years, TxDOT officials said that the agency has had to revise its cash-flow projections significantly from just 18 months ago. Revenue will be down about $4 billion, through 2019 compared to estimates made in April, 2008. That... TxDOT: Trans Texas Corridor dead but I-35 still needs massive helpFORT WORTH -- The demise of the Trans Texas Corridor, Gov. Rick Perry's vision of a massive and privately financed network of toll roads, hasn't killed the need for big-ticket improvements to Interstate 35, which transportation officials today called the... I-35, privacy issues to top Texas Transportation Commission agenda in Fort Worth ThursdayPhoto credit:Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, all rights reserved. Photographs by David Woo, Tom Jenkins, and provided by courtesy of Tadao Ando Architect & Associates. Texas' highway chiefs meet Thursday for their monthly meeting, but won't be holding... HOV lane on northbound 75 to close for two daysBeginning Monday just after morning rush hour, the state department of transportation will close the entire northbound HOV lane on Central Expressway. It will reopen Wednesday, at 3:30 p.m. The closure is necessary, officials said, for crews to finish building... TxDOT to kill Trans-Texas Corridor -- againTxDOT has scheduled a press conference tomorrow on the fate of the Trans-Texas Corridor study on I-35. Advance word from the department: Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) officials plan to announce Wednesday that, in response to citizen comments received during... Does the state really need Spanish money to rebuild LBJ?The answer is heck yes. News from Austin may come as a provocation to situational toll-road critics, especially those whose blood last boiled because of Spanish money's interest in the SH 121 project that eventually went to NTTA. TxDOT... NTTA's Vandergriff will lead new state motor vehicles departmentVictor Vandergriff, son of Tarrant County political icon (and former county judge) Tom Vandergriff, who as mayor of Arlington helped lure the Texas Rangers from Washington, and the current vice chairman of the NTTA board, has been tapped by Gov.... Questions about KBH's idea for more transportation commissionersWhat are the specifics behind Kay Bailey Hutchison's call for reshaping the Texas Transportation Commission, as mentioned in her campaign-kickoff remarks? She said: I will reform and expand the Commission. It should be more representative of all regions of our... How fast is Texas spending transportation stimulus dollars?Well, Texas isn't in the top three or bottom three, according to a preliminary look at rankings that House transportation chairman Jim Oberstar of Minnesota is putting together. While withholding the entire list, he ranks Wyoming, New Hampshire and Oklahoma... Digital billboards along the highway in Irving? Good idea? Let's discussThere are lots of things citizens of the world in the 21st Century need, and many more things we crave. I am guessing more commercial messages bombarding our senses is not on anyone's list of either. Nevertheless, there are plenty... Are stimulus dollars fixing Dallas roads yet?This is not meant to open a political debate. It addresses the more mundane question of whether stimulus dollars are working yet in this community. The question isn't mine. It was tossed out the other day by skeptical next-door... NTTA OKs toll increase of 32%Readers of this Transportation Blog should be sure to see my colleague Michael Lindenberger's breaking story on the toll increase approved today by the NTTA. This is sure to inflame local drivers who have no alternative to using the network... Amnesty for toll-road fines!But in Austin, not here in North Texas. And it's only a maybe. The Texas Transportation Commission is considering whether to declare an amnesty for violators who owe money for dodging tolls on the long stretch of turnpike east of... Texas seeks $2 billion for trains -- take twoFollowing on colleague Michael LIndenberger's post (above) on high-speed rail funding, I'm glad he mentioned Tower 55 in his item. I was going to try to list it in our Sunday editorial on Texas' rail application, but you can't just... Wanted: tips on transit obstaclesSaturday's editorial page has an editorial saying nice things about new hike and bike trails, sidewalks and bridges to DART train stations. It also asks readers to give us examples of obstacles that remain to transit stops -- bus or... |