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City outlines transportation landscape, presses for planning and right‑of‑way ahead of I‑27 and I‑14 projects
Summary
Midland staff described how TxDOT, the Permian Basin MPO, local agencies and advocacy groups must coordinate to secure planning, right‑of‑way and funding for major corridors including I‑27 and I‑14; officials urged continued advocacy, early planning and land‑banking.
Lindsey Adams, the city’s intergovernmental relations officer, briefed the Midland City Council on the local “transportation landscape,” explaining how the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), the Permian Basin Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO), the city, county, Midland Development Corporation (MDC) and advocacy groups interact to plan, program and fund road projects.
Adams summarized the multi‑layered planning process: long‑range statewide plans can include concepts decades ahead, projects enter the Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) and then must be physically constrained with identified funding to move into the 10‑year Unified Transportation Program (UTP) and the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP/TIP). She said the Odessa…
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