TxDOT

A walkthrough of TxDOT's on-road plans along the 11.5 miles of I-35 from US 290 East to SH 45 North.

An 8-mile stretch of the highway from Cesar Chavez Street to Slaughter Lane would grow by four to six lanes. You have till Dec. 29 to tell the CTRMA what you think about it.

TxDOT's timeline requires the city to choose which highway decks to move forward with by Dec. 12, leaving the city council less than four weeks to make a decision that could shape the character of downtown Austin for generations.

From Howard Lane to Onion Creek, bat colonies will lose roosting sites due to highway demolition. TxDOT is vowing to build them back.

The Interstate 35 Capital Express Central Project will add 32 miles of lanes between Ben White Boulevard and U.S. 290 East. Construction could last a decade.

TxDOT expects the Harris County Toll Road Authority to take over by the end of the year. Current TxTag customers would still be able to use their toll stickers after the transition.

The state says the 1946 building needed asbestos remediation before it could be demolished for the I-35 expansion, but neighbors say the state agency didn't communicate with them.

By denying the claim in a lawsuit, the state's department of transportation is refuting its own historical record.

Highways cost billions of dollars in state and federal tax revenue to build and maintain. Then there are the hidden costs: polluted air, traffic congestion and increased greenhouse gas emissions.

Author Megan Kimble argues that expanding highways only makes traffic congestion worse, while tearing communities apart.