I-35 Expansion Clears Final Hurdle; Construction to Start Next Year

TxDOT releases final Environmental Impact Statement

"...The Texas Department of Transportation’s I-35 expansion plan cleared its final hurdle today as TxDOT..."

Aug. 21, 2023 News Post by Lina Fisher

Council Set to Ask TxDOT to Pause I-35 Expansion Until Regional Climate Plans Done

If approved, the resolution will be the strongest stance the City of Austin has taken against the highway expansion

"...stance the city of Austin has taken on the I-35 expansion to date. The resolution, recommended by the Mobility..."

Oct. 20, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Rethink35 Is Suing TxDOT Over I-35 Expansion With Broad Community Support

TxDOT vs. basically everyone in Austin

"...Widespread opposition to the I-35 expansion has led to its logical conclusion: The Texas..."

Sept. 1, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Bonus Bad News: I-35 Expansion Will Be a Thorn in Austin’s Side for Years to Come

Expensive, environmentally destructive, and unpopular plan persists

"...next decade or more is the stubborn $4.5 billion expansion of I-35. Displacing the Chronicle as well as 50-plus..."

Dec. 15, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Hundreds Rally Against I-35 Expansion

TxDOT’s pricey project proving unpopular with Council members, congressmen, and regular Austinites

"...increasingly unpopular plan to spend $4.5 billion to expand I-35. The purpose of the rally was to send a..."

Nov. 10, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Council Gets Briefed on Controversial I-35 Expansion Plans

Let the road rage commence

"...plans by the Texas Depart­ment of Transportation to widen I-35 through Central Austin – an eight-mile stretch between U.S...."

Sept. 3, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Opinion: Clean Air Can’t Wait – How We Can Improve the I-35 Project

There are urgent environmental considerations to the highway expansion

"...– put forward a resolution this week to hold I-35 expansion funds until the completion of two environmental studies..."

May 17, 2024 Column by Natasha Harper-Madison

Increase in Cost of I-35 “Caps” Means Less Money for Other City Projects

New estimates show cost of caps increased by 61%

"...and local elected leaders have pitched building “caps” over I-35 to create public spaces as a way of improving..."

Dec. 6, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Austin Gets Federal Funding to Cover I-35 With Public-Access Land

Council set to consider another loan this week

"...Since the Texas Department of Transportation’s massively unpopular I-35 expansion became inevitable, City Council has been scrambling on..."

March 22, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

I-35: TxDot Makes (or Breaks) History?

The I-35 expansion project runs into trouble as it tries to avoid "impacting" historic Eastside properties.

"...Austin properties are historic enough to survive the coming I-35 expansion. This corner of the bureaucratic swamp is called..."

Nov. 1, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann

I-35 Planning Not a Two-Way Street

To some East Austin residents, the Texas Dept. of Transportation is an Orwellian evil empire-like state agency that will pave over your house if not watched closely, despite the agency's best efforts to put on a happy face.

"...and Eastside neighborhood leaders, regarding the controversial $2 billion expansion plans for I-35. Affecting 45 miles of highway from..."

Aug. 16, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann

More Money, More Options for I-35

The decades-long plan to rebuild Interstate 35 through the heart of Austin is picking up speed

"...Urban Land Institute on how to make the new I-35 – already slated to be lowered below grade through..."

March 6, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Round One of I-35 “Caps” Fight Ends in a Draw

City to fund columns that could support highway parks

"...in the City Hall fight over the future of I-35 has ended, and it was an ugly one...."

May 30, 2025 News Feature by Austin Sanders

City Eyes $400 Million “Caps” to Build Parks Over the New I-35

Some Council members think they’ve found funding for it

"...bad news about proposed plans to “cap” portions of I-35 in Central Austin ahead of a vote on the..."

May 16, 2025 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Thar She Glows: What’s Up With the Signal at Fourth and I-35?

Amid big transportation change, small tweaks make an impact

"...there has long been a problem with this route: I-35. Once a person on the bike path reaches the..."

July 26, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham

As Austin's I-35 Mess Gains National Attention, the City Refocuses on the Palm District

Applying an "equity lens" to reimagine the blocks alongside Austin's gnarliest highway

"...between East and West Austin. Meanwhile, the blocks alongside I-35 in the city's core, which have been refashioned by..."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City Council Has More Time to Decide on Funding for I-35 “Caps”

TxDOT moves deadline to decide on the $900 million cost

"...improve the Texas Department of Transportation’s plan to expand I-35 through Central Austin...."

Jan. 3, 2025 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Lumbering Toward a Long-Held Vision for a New I-35

Riding on TxDOT's endless highway

"...Texas Department of Transportation began its journey to rebuild I-35 through the heart of the city, with a "major..."

Jan. 27, 2023 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

City, County Join the I-35 Resistance

Council and commissioners ask for big changes to TxDOT plan

"...calls the Capital Express Central project, the segment of I-35 between U.S. 290 East (Manor Express­way) and U.S. 290..."

March 3, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

I-35 Emissions

"...Glasgow climate summit, in their commentary on IH 35 expansion [“Making Good Trouble on I-35,” Austin at Large, Jan...."

Feb. 2, 2022 Postmarks

I-35 Opinions

"...is my opinion as to what to do with I-35: 1) Re-route I-35 to go around the city of..."

Sept. 14, 2021 Postmarks

How I-35 Plans Affect the Chronicle Property at 40th Street

Life in the fast lane?

"...properties that lie within the construction footprint of the I-35 highway expansion, as planned in both of the build..."

Sept. 10, 2021 News Feature by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: Condemning the Chronicle?

Our small part in the I-35 expansion story

"...Chronicle building being in the construction footprint of the I-35 highway expansion, so I thought I'd address that here,..."

Sept. 10, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

A Bit of History About the Chronicle Building

Little has changed with our building, which lies in the path of an expanded I-35

"...We've noted before in our I-35 coverage that the current office of The Austin Chronicle,..."

Jan. 27, 2023 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Rethink35 Sues TxDOT Again to Block Highway Expansion

Claims state didn’t fully consider environmental, social fallout

"...Department of Transportation for the second time over the I-35 expansion and filing a civil rights (Title VI) complaint..."

Feb. 2, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Austin Bergstrom's Continuing Expansion

New terminal restores some 1950s glamour to the airport

"...Tenured Austinites will remember Mueller, located off 51st and I-35. When it opened in the Thirties, that area represented..."

May 5, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Greg Casar and Eddie Rodriguez Fight for the Progressive Mantle in TX-35

The two candidates race to the left

"...district stretching from the Williamson County line, east of I-35, all the way to the Alamo. Austin City Council..."

Feb. 4, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Chronicle Endorsements

Our endorsements on local bond packages and state constitutional amendments

"...split between road projects (most of them east of I-35) and various parks projects (spread fairly evenly throughout the..."

Oct. 20, 2017 News Feature by The Chronicle Editorial Board

Eastward Expansion

Surfing the wave of gentrification on the Eastside

"...no competition and no limitations on business growth and expansion."..."

April 10, 2015 News Feature by Tony Cantú

35 Recommended SXSW Music Acts

From rock to new age to Irish traditional, these are the incoming artists to see

"...pending release – out March 21 – promises an expansion of their sonic palette, tapping into louder colors and..."

March 7, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

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