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AUSTIN — Did you drive on Interstate 35 in early September? Where were you going, and why? How many people were in the car with you? And by the way, how many people live in your house?
The Texas Department of Transportation wants to know — and a company it hired may [...]

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Officials to examine Texas bridges | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Latest News
Texas officials expressed confidence in the state’s bridge inspection program Thursday but promised a quick response to the federal government’s call to immediately inspect all bridges similar to the Minneapolis span that collapsed into the Mississippi River.
U.S. Transportation [...]

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So would this prevent TxDOT from refusing to disclose locations because of “competitive” reasons?
80(R) HB 1857 – Introduced version – Bill Text
Sec. 201.620. COOPERATIVE PLANNING WITH COUNTIES. (a) The department and a county with a population of 750,000 or less may enter into an agreement for the purpose of identifying future transportation corridors within [...]

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A new study throws cold water on a long-cherished claim of toll road advocates, surprising some of them, and could redefine a debate over if and how Texas should toll its highways.
If anyone would report on it. So far, I’ve only seen references by the San Antonio Express News and the East [...]

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