Transportation

The ground stop was lifted just before 8 a.m., but people trying to fly out of the airport are facing delays, cancelations and rebookings as airlines struggle to resume normal operations.

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.

Southwest Airlines says it will award the travelers who were caught in the surge of canceled flights during the holidays 25,000 frequent-flyer points, an award worth more than $300 in flights.

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.

Ahead of the New Year's weekend, the airline said that Friday will see minimal disruptions after its slashed schedule stranded hundreds of thousands of travelers during a wintry holiday stretch.

More than 140 flights were canceled at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Tuesday. Holiday travelers are scrambling to get rebooked and airport personnel are urging patience.

Austin's airport recommends people using general TSA screening show up at least 2.5 hours before departure, scrambling conventional thinking about the fastest ways to get to the biggest cities in Texas.

The transit agency is renting 9,000-square-foot of office space on Cameron Road to serve as its first police station. The move to create a police force has drawn criticism.

The CapMetro board is scheduled to vote Friday on leasing office space for a temporary police station.

Lawyer bills now far exceed how much the city was willing to pay to seize the terminal.