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Taking the Slow Road
The I-35 improvement project is running way behind schedule -- in part because it keeps growing.
"...Lake and 51st Street. Even with that expanded scope, TxDOT at one time expected it would have completed its..."

Sept. 20, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City
Local news this week in Austin.
"...11 when it said neither yea nor nay to TxDOT's current design proposals for expanding MoPac -- which include,..."

July 6, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Naked City
The Austin Peace and Justice Coalition is coordinating the bus trip to Georgia for the mass demonstration calling for the closure of the School of the Americas, TxDOT's Web site gets hundreds of new visitors curious about I-35 improvement projects, and the Austin Design Commission completes its proposed set of downtown design guidelines.
"...that is, until Monday morning of this week, when TxDOT officials -- in what could be a sleeper of..."

Nov. 5, 1999 News Feature by Amy Smith

Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...$5 million offering to the Texas Dept. of Transportation (TxDOT) to speed area highway building, those same leaders stated..."

March 13, 1998 News Feature

Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...By this point, the Texas Dept. of Transportation (TxDOT) probably wishes it had never heard of the heavily..."

Oct. 31, 1997 News Feature

Off the Desk:
"...two detention ponds that the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) built to protect Barton Creek, the Edwards Aquifer, and..."

July 26, 1996 News Feature

Naked City
Off the Desk
"...the national organization. -- R.A. Sex Discrimination Claims at TXDoT Three female employees allege that they were passed over..."

Nov. 10, 1995 News Feature

Opinion: Clean Air Can’t Wait – How We Can Improve the I-35 Project
There are urgent environmental considerations to the highway expansion
"...not supported by CAMPO representatives from neighboring areas, and TxDOT has not studied how the I-35 project could be..."

May 17, 2024 Column by Natasha Harper-Madison

Public Notice: Brave New World
Remaking Austin, one highway and music club at a time
"...some detail here. I'll note only that while the TxDOT presentation was pretty upbeat about all the improvements they've..."

Jan. 28, 2022 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Naked City
Two historically opposed neighborhoods along Manor Road find a common enemy in plans to expand neighborhood arterials to make room for traffic into the redeveloped Mueller Airport site.
"...By the end of this year, TxDOT hopes to finalize its redesign of the I-35 segment..."

June 29, 2001 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...For nearly a decade, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has planned to dig a mile-long wastewater tunnel in..."

Jan. 24, 1997 News Feature

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
"...be done by April). In October, City Council asked TxDOT to take a pause until two regional transportation plans..."

Dec. 15, 2023 News Feature by Lina Fisher

The Mayor’s Race Offers Clear Choices on How Austin Should Grow
Election marks a critical juncture on the way to Austin's future
"...for Public Transportation, is much quicker to criticize the TxDOT plan ("TxDOT and other state agencies have become a..."

Oct. 14, 2022 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Traffic Fatalities Rise While Serious Injuries Fall in Austin
The long road to zero
"...Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority. The roads managed by TxDOT tend to be larger and faster (including I-35 and..."

June 17, 2022 News Feature by Benton Graham

Public Notice: Condemning the Chronicle?
Our small part in the I-35 expansion story
"...affected property owners; we've already had a meeting with TxDOT representatives, who laid out the land acquisition process and..."

Sept. 10, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Public Notice: More to Be Thankful For
An overdue (if tentative) win in Southwest Austin
"...and improved street grid would save millions compared to TxDOT's plan (which they say is already $200 million over..."

Nov. 27, 2020 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Rubber Meets the Road
Bond election project breakdown
"...million: Engineering, design, and potential construction, in partnership with TxDOT, of traffic improvements at I-35/Cameron Road/51st Street..."

Oct. 22, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, Aug. 5-12
"...of both passenger and freight rail in Texas. 6-8pm. TxDOT Austin District Office, 7901 N. I-35, Bldg. 7, 486-5125...."

Aug. 6, 2010 News Feature

What I Want to do With My Life
Mike Krusee on New Urbanism, Smart Growth, toll roads, and why Bobby Kennedy is his hero
"...that [opposition], and we were ready for that. But TxDOT got in a fight with both Dallas and Houston,..."

Dec. 7, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Tire Tracks: What the Lege did
"...be up to the region either to wait for TxDOT to find existing funds to do the project as..."

July 27, 2007 News Feature by Larry Schooler

Naked City
More eyes than usual upon a city parking contract
"...been duly kept separate and earmarked for improvements to TxDOT property. The coalition would like to see these funds..."

Aug. 27, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...capacity." As an Eastside resident, I enthusiastically watched as TxDOT began expanding U.S. 183 into a full-fledged highway, with..."

June 4, 2004 Column

Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...Examining TxDot..."

June 21, 2002 Column

Naked City
Farewell to ECB, Return to Tulia, APD Extends Knee, Ramping Up I-35, AAN Awards and Slacker Editor
"...to its latest design. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is in the final planning stages of an I-35..."

July 20, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Pohl-Brown Town
Will the State Turn the Hog Farm into Edge City?
"...State of Texas, specifically the Texas Dept. of Transportation (TxDOT), though the sale is being brokered by the General..."

Dec. 5, 1997 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City
Off the Desk:
"...Monday night on why the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) wants to build a 15-foot-diameter tunnel to drain stormwater..."

Feb. 7, 1997 News Feature

Dawson: Birth of a Neighborhood
Lightsey Road, Between Congress and First
"...which was performed by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) as part of the US 290 construction, was accompanied..."

July 14, 1995 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Gets Federal Funding to Cover I-35 With Public-Access Land
Council set to consider another loan this week
"...it. Unfortunately, that would cost upward of $800 million. TxDOT refuses to pay for those improvements, but will build..."

March 22, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Austin at Large: New Year, Same Old Stories
I-35 deal nearly done, Nate Paul’s new enemy, Chip Roy ready for his close-up
"...That's according to the draft environmental impact statement that TxDOT just dropped for its I-35 rebuild, which I'll dive..."

Jan. 6, 2023 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

For Escuelita del Alma, History Prepares to Repeat Itself
Preschool and child care center on the move again?
"...is one of the 100 or so properties that TxDOT plans to acquire through eminent domain to enlarge the..."

July 1, 2022 News Feature by Abe Asher

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