With the Texas Department of Transportation poised to receive a final verdict from the federal government on its Interstate 35 expansion proposal this month, some Austin City Council members still have reservations about the project.
TxDOT is expected to receive a final verdict on its draft environmental impact statement in August, a required document that outlined all the potential environmental impacts related to the project. Once they receive the federal thumbs up on that draft EIS, the state transportation agency can move forward toward construction.