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Residents tell commissioners SpaceX shift traffic is clogging neighborhoods and causing crashes
Summary
Two residents urged Cameron County to act after repeated crashes and heavy backups where SpaceX employee traffic meets Highway 4 and FM 511; speakers said drivers are detouring through local streets, using shoulders and making dangerous maneuvers near school bus routes and unlit stretches of road.
Two Brownsville residents told the Cameron County Commissioners Court on Oct. 7 that traffic linked to SpaceX shift changes has created frequent, dangerous backups on Highway 4 and FM 511 and that heavy flows are spilling into neighborhood streets.
“Traffic is dangerous in our neighborhoods,” Rene Medrano said during the public‑comment period, citing repeated accidents at the intersections of Highway 4 and FM…
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