[laotzu]

Simmons, in fact, acknowledged that widening I-35 instead of building a new tollway nearby remains a logistical and financial problem

When I moved to San Antonio in '68, there was already a project well underway to widen(one lane) I-35 the 90 miles between SA & Austin.

Forty years, and a bunch of fatal car accidents later, it is still not complete.

Gee...I wonder if the cost has gone up any?

[wolfcreek]

I lived in the Dallas area in the early 70’s. I35E going into Dallas from the south was under construction then.......

I live near the northern part of 183A in the Austin area. I had to call the appropriate authorities to mow the grass (for the first time since it's completion in 2007) because you couldn't see oncoming traffic from the turn-around lanes.

I first called TxDot and was told to call Williamson county. I called the county and was told to call CTRMA. I called the toll road authority and was told it was TxDot’s problem but, they would relay the message.

Someone in our neighborhood mowed the part that was obstructing vision.

The rest remains unmowed.

If nothing else....bureaucracy sucks! We damn sure don't need extra.