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City told runway collapse may require open-cut repair; TxDOT offers 95% construction funding if city commits to match

3619764 · May 23, 2025
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Engineers told staff the airport runway drainage collapse is accelerating and may require an open-cut replacement of an existing culvert; TxDOT indicated willingness to fund the project with a 5% local match if the city commits, and staff said the estimated total is under $6 million.

City staff reported an urgent problem at the municipal airport: surveyors and the engineer have found accelerated collapse of the runway drainage system and advised an open-cut repair. "He's still crunching the numbers. He thinks the cost to do that is still gonna be somewhere south of 6,000,000, including both construction and all the design we have to do," the City Manager said.

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