highways

Tiffany Gerred was one of six people killed in the 133-vehicle pileup on an icy Interstate 35 toll lane. Her family is still suing FedEx after the driver of one of the company's 18-wheeler trucks allegedly rolled over Gerred's car in the crash.

The deadline for public comments on TxDOT's environmental powers is Monday, Dec. 9 at 10:59 p.m. CST.

The construction of a new sidewalk along west North Loop 288 will merge a gap in pedestrian infrastructure where a well-traveled dirt path was previously the only option.

Residents in the small Collin County city of Princeton are anxious to get a new highway built. But some residents will be displaced.

TXDoT officials say the project could be completed within 10 years.

The Department of Transportation announced the funding on Tuesday.

Text alerts from the Texas Department of Transportation — known as HELP Alerts — notify motorists and others nearby about transit-related emergencies that affect travel on highways. The latest real-time Highway Emergency Link Platform alert in Fort Worth occurred on Sept. 29 when a reported accident shut down Interstate 35W from south of downtown to Interstate 820.

The Dallas City Council has voted to reduce speed limits on parts of I-75/Central Expressway, Great Trinity Forest Way and Buckner Boulevard.

A three-mile stretch of the South Central Expressway is now the S.M. Wright Freeway in honor of the late pastor and civil rights leader. It's the first state highway in Texas named after an African American figure.

Two separate agreements approved by Arlington City Council have a similar ask: Help the city reshape Division Street and honor its Bankhead Highway roots.

Highways cost billions of dollars in state and federal tax revenue to build and maintain. Then there are the hidden costs: polluted air, traffic congestion and increased greenhouse gas emissions.

As Fort Worth commuters drove down Interstate 30 and Interstate 35 this winter, they might have experienced an unfamiliar sight: green-vested workers picking up litter on weekdays along the roads.