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City Council backs plan to extend water across Loop 250 to serve northeast Midland and nearby neighborhoods
Summary
City staff and council described a multi-year plan to pull a water main across Loop 250 in coordination with a TxDOT interchange project, a move officials say will lower construction costs, speed delivery of service to more than 400 acres of developable land and make it feasible for an existing neighborhood with groundwater shortfalls to connect.
The Midland City Council heard a staff presentation June 10 on a long‑term plan to extend a potable water main across Loop 250, proposing to coordinate the work with an accelerated TxDOT interchange project to cut costs, reduce traffic disruption and deliver water to existing neighborhoods and future development south of the Loop.
City staff said the city and the Midland Development Corporation (MDC) recently used design funding to accelerate the state’s Loop 250/Todd Drive improvements, unlocking approximately $26 million in TxDOT funding and shortening the project schedule by several years. Staff proposed pulling a water line across the Loop as part of that coordinated work so utilities and…
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