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TxDOT presents $200M-plus plan for Starr County roads, highlights State Loop 195 relief route
Summary
TxDOT engineers briefed the Starr County Commissioners Court on ongoing and planned road projects, spotlighting a multi-segment State Loop 195 project (segments 1 and 2 fully funded) and a package of improvements that together total more than $200 million in planned investment over the next four fiscal years.
Texas Department of Transportation district staff on June 23 presented a package of ongoing and planned road projects for Starr County that they said together total just over $200 million across fiscal years 2025–2028.
Pedro Alvarez, district engineer for the TxDOT Far South district, told the court State Loop 195 is a priority. "State Loop 195 project ... is scheduled to go to letting this fall, to the tune of approximately $79,000,000," Alvarez said, describing Segment 1 (FM 755 to FM 2167/Hospital Road). He said Segment 2 is also fully funded at roughly $64,000,000 and that Segment 3 is partially funded and awaiting additional resources.
Alvarez framed the project as providing east-west redundancy across the U.S. 83 corridor: when floods or closures block US 83, alternative…
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