El Paso P3 for Loop 375 barrels forward
The rush to privatize Texas public roads...the ink barely dry on the legislation and onward TxDOT marches.
‘Huge:’ Last leg of Loop 375 OK’d
By David Crowder staff writer | Posted: Sunday, July 14, 2013 6:00 pm
El Paso Inc.
With no fanfare, the Texas Transportation Commission has approved the most expensive highway project in El Paso’s history: a nine-mile tolled expansion and extension of the Border Highway from U.S. 54 to Sunland Park Drive.
Construction of the toll-road project, approved by the commission at its June 27 meeting, will start early next year, take three years to complete and cost about $800 million.
The four-lane toll way will complete Loop 375 around El Paso, and it will require the demolition of 32 residences and businesses in the Downtown area.