Mendocino County, California, reduced traffic crashes by 42 percent on many of its roadways over a six-year period through a series of low-cost measures. That success is serving as a model for counties in Texas and across the nation in an effort to reduce crashes. Nationally, some 42,000 persons were killed in 2003 on roadways, according to the National Highway Traffic … [Read more...] about Low Cost, High Yield
Road & Bridge
Deadline Approaches for Colonia Improvement Proposals
Deadline Approaches for Colonia Improvement Proposals Border county officials have until Sept. 30 to submit project proposals to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for road improvement projects in border colonias as part of TxDOT’s Border Colonia Access Program (BCAP). Gov. Rick Perry has asked the Texas Public Finance Authority to issue $50 million in bonds … [Read more...] about Deadline Approaches for Colonia Improvement Proposals