One month after allocating funding to 200 road projects across the state, the Texas Transportation Commission awarded the first batch of Proposition 1 contracts. The nine projects approved are located in seven of the Texas Department of Transportation’s districts, and total more than $52 million. More than 90 percent of the funding comes from the extra $1.74 billion for transportation funding available this year as a result of Texas voters approving Proposition 1 last November.
In total, the 200 Proposition1 projects will result in more than 800 miles of rehabilitated highways; nearly 500 miles of new highway lanes; 114 bridges replaced, widened or rehabilitated; and an additional 159 miles of passing lanes on rural highways.