Commissioners ratified a grant application by the Texas Historical Commission to conduct a Southwest Travis County historical survey.

Travis County Commissioners Court approved $7,500 in matching county funds for the project on Nov. 12. The grant expires Sept. 30, 2015.

"The proposed grant request is meant to further complete our ongoing historical inventory of the county," according to county documents.

"This area is in dire need of being inventoried due to the projected expansion of SH 45 [SW] through the area and continued expansion from both Austin and Buda."