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New MPO status, airport grant and planning dollars give Eagle Pass tools to pursue roads and runway upgrades
Summary
City and county planners said metropolitan planning organization designation unlocks federal planning funds (about $375k/year) and long‑range construction allocations; the county reported approximately $16M in airport grant funding and officials urged stakeholder input to prioritize projects.
City and county planning staff briefed the joint workshop on transportation priorities after Eagle Pass met the threshold for a metropolitan planning organization (MO). Planners said MO status provides roughly $375,000 annually for planning and technical work and that, once projects are prioritized in required short‑ and long‑range plans, the region becomes eligible to compete for larger construction allocations (planners cited an…
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