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Protestors gathered outside Stars Cafe Wednesday denouncing the Texas Department of Transportation's Interstate 35 Capital Express Central project. Stars Cafe is one of more than 100 properties slated for displacement as a result of that expansion effort.
A plan to expand I-35 through Austin is moving toward final approval after TxDOT agreed to several changed proposed by city leaders, like putting more of the freeway underground.
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.
Construction on the second phase of an estimated $5.65 billion project to improve 28 miles of I-35 in Austin, Texas, has begun. Details here