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Local transportation officials are proposing to delay two major road projects and move up the start dates on three others to adapt to state funding challenges.
If approved by the state, the plan would see work start next fiscal year on a $12 million overhaul of Spring Valley Road in Hewitt, $20 million in additions to State Highway 31 on a route to a planned city landfill, and a $48 million reconfiguration of frontage roads along Loop 340 between Waco's two major shopping centers. The plan would delay an $8 million widening of Highway 6 north of Speegleville and $33 million in Interstate 35 work, not related to the ongoing widening, that would include a new overpass at New Road.
The Policy Board of the Waco Metropolitan Planning Organization signed off on the proposal Tuesday. It is in response to a state request to delay $70 million in work slated for the next four years, with $50 million of that coming from Category 2 funds, the state allocation the local MPO has discretion to use on its priority projects. The two projects the board has proposed to delay are estimated to cost a combined $41 million, all in Category 2 money.
Local transportation officials are proposing to delay two major road projects and move up the start dates on three others to adapt to state funding challenges.
If approved by the state, the plan would see work start next fiscal year on a $12 million overhaul of Spring Valley Road in Hewitt, $20 million in additions to State Highway 31 on a route to a planned city landfill, and a $48 million reconfiguration of frontage roads along Loop 340 between Waco's two major shopping centers. The plan would delay an $8 million widening of Highway 6 north of Speegleville and $33 million in Interstate 35 work, not related to the ongoing widening, that would include a new overpass at New Road.
The Policy Board of the Waco Metropolitan Planning Organization signed off on the proposal Tuesday. It is in response to a state request to delay $70 million in work slated for the next four years, with $50 million of that coming from Category 2 funds, the state allocation the local MPO has discretion to use on its priority projects. The two projects the board has proposed to delay are estimated to cost a combined $41 million, all in Category 2 money.