Panelists discuss size, shape of downtown caps proposed for I-35 expansion - Austin Monitor austinmonitor.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from austinmonitor.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
With construction on Interstate 35's downtown expansion poised to begin later this year, state and local transportation experts gave an update to come on the cap and stitch program, a city-led effort to improve connectivity between downtown Austin and the eastside.
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.
City, TxDOT still on board to bridge eastern and western parts of downtown over I-35 - Austin Monitor austinmonitor.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from austinmonitor.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.