Just make trucks free on the existing toll roads which bypass Austin and that would free up a significant amount of traffic.
“Just make trucks free on the existing toll roads which bypass Austin and that would free up a significant amount of traffic.”
Being the Trans Texas project is dead a new super interstate is needed. A logical path seems to me would be starting from Ciudad Acura and go north utilizing right of ways of US 277/208/70 with expansion as necessary.
“Just make trucks free on the existing toll roads which bypass Austin and that would free up a significant amount of traffic.”
That’s so out of the box, it would probably work and be cost-effective. Simply have TXDOT pay the tolls up to a reasonable limit, providing the trucks get free passage. Just running a few numbers, if TXDOT pays the operator(s) $20 per truck, and 1000 trucks per day take advantage, it would cost $7M per year (a drop in the bucket for TXDOT), but a HUGE impact on I-35.
Sucks to have the concrete right there, unused, because of one STUPID governor who was in bed with the toll road lobby.