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Denise Garcia, Laredo assistant area engineer, said the Loop 20 reconstruction (reported as a roughly $344 million contract) is about 27% complete and remains on schedule for a 2029 completion date under a 60‑month contract. The SH‑84 project (about $122 million) from Mines Road to I‑35 West is at about 40% completion and is expected to finish in fall 2027. The SH‑359 widening contract (approximately $50 million) is about halfway complete, and TxDOT staff said they expect westbound paving to begin in the fall.

Garcia also outlined other projects: Lomas Del Sur (a roughly $50 million contract) will begin barrier work and temporary lane closures the week of the meeting with a formal ribbon‑cutting scheduled in late July/August timeframe, and illumination and a new traffic signal on Riverbank Drive at I‑69 Frontage Road are included in a Cotro Vientos lighting contract slated to start in October with completion by mid‑2026. A separate multi‑location mill and inlay contract (about $10.5 million) will include work on I‑35 southbound main lanes from Shiloh to downtown and will require nightly lane closures in the fall.

On US‑255 in the Mines Road area — where the intersection with FM‑1472 currently has a blinking signal — TxDOT said it has a consultant assessing options including a roundabout. Several committee members expressed safety concerns about installing a roundabout at that location for high‑speed, heavy‑truck traffic; one commenter who identified themselves in the record as a crash reconstructionist said, “That’s the worst thing you could put out there,” and asked staff to return with more analysis before making a decision. TxDOT staff said the consultant will evaluate vehicle types, turning radii and the potential for truck rollovers as part of the options analysis.

A traffic signal at 255/1472 and illumination contracts were discussed; staff reported the lighting and signal elements are combined in one contract with work expected simultaneously and completion targeted for mid‑2026. For projects that cross jurisdictional or regional boundaries — including I‑35 checkpoint congestion concerns raised by committee members — staff noted some locations are outside the MPO boundary and will require expanded coordination if the MPO boundary changes.

Committee members asked for updates as consultant analyses are completed and requested the agency return with more detailed safety and freight‑traffic evaluation before selecting an intersection treatment.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Metropolitan Planning Organization Policy Committee Meeting, 07/16/2025","oneSentenceSummary","TxDOT’s Laredo area office reported updates on major roadworks — including Loop 20, SH‑84 and SH‑359 — and said a study is evaluating options at the US‑255/Federal‑1472 intersection, including a roundabout, prompting safety concerns from committee members.","taxTitle","Laredo, Webb County, Texas","taxId",2820,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6164830,"Regional Mobility Authority reports $16 million pledge for Vias Overpass, submits Safe Streets application",148,1578000,1726000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5426957-8a65adc43e72836bb0bbc4874139e420&start=1578&end=1726","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5426957-8a65adc43e72836bb0bbc4874139e420/thumbnail_1578000.jpg","/articles/6164830/Laredo/Webb-County/Texas/Regional-Mobility-Authority-reports-16-million-pledge-for-Vias-Overpass-submits-Safe-Streets-application","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6164830-88643c2332d7919574456f0f48e02108/orig.mp4?Expires=1770450936&Signature=jpK6m0z0weSC5Rxs4dOiiD1k0xIKvLng8xK9rr3clj42rhjMBTrcL5twbPCheGvY-imeNDjiCEnc5KknaSNAXlEpEoSHGl6Viau8PkTwRw-j3KX456eFF5tfPMb6dbHWkkQBMv5DEYhbmZjhyDPsCx-879R-4a0E5vD2Q~jl0F3YuNP1EO1x2sQAKuq6AYS2Hfw3h5yg1FzdlJGkPi-1u1fhYF968OOphUuSMuXakuX19ahmfzdRKLk3qry~MbqZrCjl8uRlLBtq0MWBfa9miNli5WApNiWZAksegUzaXk~GjKRs-JsuF5dTCCmnXPl~7KgHm4Uh~Mgf5iky~BPpQA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Regional Mobility Authority told the MPO Policy Committee that $16 million has been pledged to the Vias Overpass and that the agency submitted a Safe Streets for All implementation grant with TxDOT and the City of Laredo.

The RMA representative said the Vias Overpass is not fully funded in the Unified Transportation Program to be adopted by the state in August, but that $16 million is pledged to the project and the RMA will seek gap funding once the UTP is adopted. The RMA also said Springfield 4 is complete and will hold a ribbon-cutting at 9 a.m. Monday; Concord Hills plans are at about 90% and three landowners have agreed to convey property. The RMA reported that the South Laredo TRZ (transportation reinvestment zone) moved into implementation and the North Laredo TRZ requires execution of an interlocal agreement (ILA).

Roman Chavez, assistant city manager, asked about the North Laredo TRZ ILA status and said he would follow up; later in the meeting Melissa (MPO staff) confirmed the ILA is fully executed and corrected the earlier statement on the record.

The RMA representative said two large projects — the ASU project and Safe Streets for All — have extensive updates in the RMA packet and that they expect to learn grant-award results for Safe Streets funding in February. The representative also noted ongoing coordination with TxDOT and city partners on project delivery and land acquisition.","The Regional Mobility Authority updated the MPO Policy Committee on projects including a $16 million pledge to the Vias Overpass, Concord Hills progress, Springfield ribbon cutting and submission of a Safe Streets for All implementation grant with partners TxDOT and the City of Laredo.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6164835,"MPO opens 20-day public review for congestion management process update",1243,354000,1597000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5426957-8a65adc43e72836bb0bbc4874139e420&start=354&end=1597","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5426957-8a65adc43e72836bb0bbc4874139e420/thumbnail_354000.jpg","/articles/6164835/Laredo/Webb-County/Texas/MPO-opens-20-day-public-review-for-congestion-management-process-update","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6164835-d4e33aa709f7b73ea1174146dce1ac8c/orig.mp4?Expires=1770450936&Signature=cmKzf4GrdQxXl0bIejljEeDCKshUQbw5ESAzxs9DDM9JfyrVXSqUKDNk9Xfvi5WNZWpJW~WJw3prYJZlr83e5iS4IlH5ReZchzNBHkoSk5s~0tlWbKChMMPCR8W0xEKqvA72Ih9CDEo-v~Am7Ls4d3hXmR2YunhrwI~6BxUpAGGBjSxX6v78S838xbhVA~e5Hah0qcbSVM1YtfURYnS~~GNWccJOddWuIHHx~25mqJLcBoCH~znn0GepLpl44NLeP5vyaraZuNLwwVBcMH8ZHKWJTOjt7QtJJK~xeBjGqFNT4L~r2SehkVn8rRagjbj8tv621hJTqVdMt-vgCbe6Ow__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The MPO Policy Committee moved to open a 20-day public review and comment period for the draft 2025 Congestion Management Process (CMP) update after staff gave a multi-part presentation on the document and its performance measures.

The CMP update follows an eight-step framework taken from federal guidance and identifies a two-tier congestion network, federally mandated performance measures (including travel time and reliability indices), data-collection methods and candidate strategies to reduce recurring and nonrecurring congestion. Eduardo Barranas, a member of the presentation team, said, “The congestion management process that we're gonna be reviewing today is an update from the previous CMP, which was done several years ago.”

MPO staff described tier 1 as derived from national performance-management research data and tier 2 from local stakeholder data. System-level measures include speed, travel-time index and buffer-time index; corridor measures include travel-time index, level of travel-time reliability, short-trip travel-time reliability and peak-hour excess delay. Staff said the CMP will be used to evaluate strategy effectiveness at project and program levels and to produce annual reports that inform the Metropolitan Transportation Plan and project prioritization.

Committee members asked how unfunded projects and planned corridors — including River Road and the Laredo Outer Loop Segment 5 — will be handled. Staff said corridor projects not yet built remain in the CMP network for before-and-after evaluation when constructed. Members also asked whether freight trains and the international-rail crossings would be included; presenters confirmed rail crossings and their impacts are considered and noted past studies reporting an average of about 26 trains across the border per 24-hour period.

Questions also covered whether CMP data supports requests to funding agencies. Staff said the CMP’s ongoing data collection and annual reporting will inform MTP updates and project prioritization used in local and state funding discussions. The committee voted to initiate the 20-day public-comment period; staff said the draft may be adopted after the comment period and a subsequent review.","The MPO Policy Committee approved initiating a 20-day public comment period for the draft 2025 Congestion Management Process update. Staff described an eight-step federal framework, performance measures and plans for ongoing evaluation and annual reporting.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6164839,"MPO Policy Committee adopts FY 2026 Unified Planning Work Program",267,91000,358000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5426957-8a65adc43e72836bb0bbc4874139e420&start=91&end=358","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5426957-8a65adc43e72836bb0bbc4874139e420/thumbnail_91000.jpg","/articles/6164839/Laredo/Webb-County/Texas/MPO-Policy-Committee-adopts-FY-2026-Unified-Planning-Work-Program","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6164839-ba5d27eca436f714eab5a44c3dada23a/orig.mp4?Expires=1770450936&Signature=YDW8YkqsUBRxrY~n~7LB08VfzEnmNsH4C7I9znOjJJloDeNpRnTiBMT0uFOBXyAlIPzQUz-1vZl1T9ZYcJ7d4VCj9BiELfpn0buM1uUcPy4m--bGFXY4G4BDKkkvk647WlK433U-t~Ltdw8xxpl3wIBG9aCUWFTmixR29cxgtZDxAGSW6aXjEv6H-jflwIJHpJsWAMjqRcCivD6pobFC7Z~1gquZPiQRDCbwvoHZa1hnWZWRaGx7ZVI6-l2QXTYOIf-RfQPN6x9jhcAJI53tfhHVt4UWWWjUdyMWogQ~TAxXW0pXRL-d2Aj~j9vRNu0FMaA040Go7VapPGok6dOJwQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","MPO Policy Committee members voted to approve Resolution MPO 25-10 adopting the FY 2026 Unified Planning Work Program, after staff said the draft had been opened for public review and revised to incorporate two minor recommendations from TxDOT.

The UPWP, a federally required work program, describes transportation-planning activities the metropolitan planning organization will carry out in a fiscal year and can be amended if priorities change.

MPO staff said they opened the draft for a public comment period and received no public comments. A TxDOT Federal Planning Program reviewer recommended two clarifications: add routine maintenance and amendments to the 2026 UPWP as an expected product under Task 1 (Administration and Management) and clarify that vacation and sick leave can be charged only to that same task. Staff told the committee those edits were added to the document and said the changes do not affect the total program amount.

As presented to the committee, the UPWP programs $2,470,000 for the fiscal year against roughly $2,600,000 in available funds. Staff listed an estimated annual allocation of about $629,009.90. Line items shown in the draft included $600,000 for planning and general administration; $25,000 for professional development, training and travel; $10,000 for public participation; $30,000 for computer equipment, furniture and office supplies; $10,000 for building maintenance and repairs; $10,000 for data administration; $35,000 annual cost for a proposed transportation improvement program data-management software; $6,000 for short-range planning assistance; $5,000 for MTP (Metropolitan Transportation Plan) revisions; and $10,000 for outreach implementation. Staff also identified two studies for FY 2026: contribution to a long-range freight mobility plan and a South Laredo transportation planning study for which the UPWP shows $250,000.

Committee members moved and seconded the resolution, and the motion passed. The UPWP will be the MPO’s guiding work plan for FY 2026 and may be amended later if additional needs or funding changes arise.","The MPO Policy Committee approved Resolution MPO 25-10 to adopt the FY 2026 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP). The plan programs roughly $2.47 million for planning, administration and studies and incorporates two minor edits recommended by TxDOT.","actionData","errors"]

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