TxDOT

TxDOT is trying to sugarcoat the historic highway widening before getting a green light from the federal government.

The agency is studying whether to build a road for testing autonomous vehicles on the MoKan Corridor, despite Austin's plans to start building the Northern Walnut Creek Trail there next year.

TxDOT plans to take 1.2 acres of the park on the north shores of Lady Bird Lake for construction and maintenance, requiring a detour of the Ann and Roy Butler Hike and Bike Trail for at least six years.

Forming a united front with Austin's City Council, Travis County commissioners voted to request tweaks to the $4.9 billion project as the window closes on public comment.

Now is the time for everyone to weigh in on TxDOT's proposal to expand I-35 from Ben White Boulevard to U.S. 290 East.

Interstate 35 from Ben White Boulevard to U.S. 290 East in Austin will get two high-occupancy vehicle lanes in each direction along with a raft of other changes under the state's preferred plan.

The agency's preferred design would result in less land seized and fewer people pushed out than a competing proposal, but it would still expropriate almost 42 acres and displace 107 homes and businesses.

Construction is scheduled to start early next year on an I-35 expansion project stretching from Ben White Boulevard almost to the Hays County line.

Communities seeking to mitigate the effects of the I-35 widening find most of the city's resources are targeted at downtown Austin.

Traffic fatalities in Austin are on track to surpass 2021's record-breaking death toll.