TxDOT/Union Pacific Hempstead Highway Project Update
This week, we spoke to the TxDOT project manager for the project to expand and repave Hempstead Highway. Here's a quick update on what's happening! About the Project This project is a pretty hefty one and involves both federal (Union Pacific Railroad) and state (TxDOT) agencies. These are some of the project goals: To stop the area under the bridge from becoming a lake when it rains and to generally improve drainage in this area To expand Hempstead Highway all the way from I-
Why TxDOT's Managed Lanes Project is Bad for Cottage Grove...and What You Can Do About It
Impact of the Proposed TxDOT Managed Lanes Project on Cottage Grove Cottage Grove is one of the only neighborhoods in Houston that straddles I-10 both to the north and south - in fact, back in the day when I-10 was being built, it literally cut our neighborhood in half! Now, our neighborhood is under threat again from freeway expansion. TxDOT wants to build a new set of managed lanes that will impact our neighborhood no matter what with a combination of the following, dependi
