Tag: Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT)

A second causeway to South Padre Island was being talked about even before a barge struck Queen Isabella Causeway in the early morning hours of Sept. 15, 2001, causing two sections of the bridge to collapse and resulting in the deaths of eight people.

Hidalgo County Precinct 3 Commissioner Everardo “Ever” Villarreal has announced that he is running for reelection.

Brownsville Mayor John Cowen Jr. has been named vice chairman of the policy board of the Rio Grande Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization, the federally mandated body overseeing municipal transportation planning in Cameron and Hidalgo counties.

PHARR — A 2015 robin’s egg blue Cadillac Hearse from Kreidler Funeral Home was parked outside the Texas Department of Transportation’s local conference center here on Thursday afternoon.

The Texas Department of Transportation's Pharr District office will conduct online and in-person meetings to share information and solicit feedback on a proposal to reconstruct and widen U.S. Business 77 from F.M. 507 to F.M. 510 in Cameron County.

Rio Grande Valley drivers should anticipate more lane changes in November as construction progresses on the I-2/I-69C Interchange Project.

The Port of Harlingen announced that it has been awarded more than $6.9 million in grant funds from the Texas Department of Transportation's Seaport Connectivity Program, formerly the Rider Grant Program, part of more than $240 million in TxDOT funding for seaport infrastructure and connectivity statewide.

Six children under the age of 8 died in crashes occurring in the Rio Grande Valley last year, children who were not secured in their seats.

The Texas Department of Transportation announced the long-term closure to an underpass at the Pharr interchange.

As Labor Day inches nearer, the Texas Department of Transportation is urging drivers to avoid drunk driving.