Weslaco commissioners and staff prioritize transportation, drainage and grant strategy; ask EDC for coordination

City officials used a March 13 joint special meeting with the Weslaco Economic Development Corporation to highlight near‑term infrastructure priorities, funding strategies and a request for coordinated local matches on large transportation and drainage projects.

Mayor Gonzales and city staff described three priority transportation efforts: the Mile 10 North expansion, a feasibility study for a Weslaco Loop corridor and work to advance the State Highway 495 corridor. City staff said Mile 10 North is in right‑of‑way acquisition (described in the presentation as phase 3) and that the overall project cost was presented as $36,000,000; officials said roughly $26,000,000 has been allocated so far through federal/MPO funds and that a $4,000,000 earmark from U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez was included in prior allocations.

City staff said the Mile 10 North project will require local participation for right‑of‑way and construction phases; staff described a local participation estimate for right‑of‑way that they characterized as roughly $1,032,000 with the city’s share cited in the presentation as about…