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Policy committee debates expanding MPO boundary, urges coordinated funding for outer loop and US‑45 bridge
Summary
Committee members pressed staff and TxDOT officials to explore expanding the MPO boundary and coordinate funding for large corridor and bridge projects, arguing that bringing projects into the MPO could ease federal environmental review and make projects easier to advance.
Members of the West County Laredo MPO Policy Committee spent substantial discussion time on Oct. 15 urging staff and TxDOT to study expanding the MPO boundary and to coordinate funding for major corridor projects — including the proposed outer loop and a multi-phase US‑45 bridge project — so those projects can access federal review and funding programs.
Several elected officials and members raised concerns that repeatedly moving project letting dates and program years outside the current TIP window inhibits the ability to present shovel-ready projects to funding competitions. One member asked why projects with a single landowner and donation-based right-of-way still…
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