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A conceptual rendering shows what a high-speed rail station in Dallas could look like. A final design on the station has not yet been released. (Courtesy Texas Central)
Reversing course, Texas Supreme Court grants rehearing for high-speed rail eminent domain case
The amended version of the planned development unit will now go to the Austin Planning Commission for review. (Rendering courtesy Austin Environmental Commission)
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced Oct. 7 that the company would move its headquarters to Austin. (Courtesy Tesla)
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Trail connectivity progresses near Cypress Creek
The design, pictured above, is also being implemented as a part of the I-35 at Williams Drive project. (Courtesy Texas Department of Transportation)
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The Stix Icehouse is readying to open in McKinney. (Miranda Jaimes/Community Impact Newspaper)
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Texas Department of Transportation employees work on Segment H of the Grand Parkway in Montgomery County, which is set to be completed in the spring of 2022. (Courtesy Texas Department of Transportation)
Statewide November ballot propositions explained; East Montgomery County sees explosive growth and more top Houston-area news
Dozens of Carverdale residents gathered Aug. 21 to protest the proposed expansion of the Hawthorn Park Landfill on Tanner Road just southeast of the intersection of Hwy. 290 and Beltway 8. (Photo by Danica Lloyd/Community Impact Newspaper; Graphic design by Taylor White/Community Impact Newspaper)
Carverdale residents combat proposed landfill expansion
About 13.75 million people traveled through George Bush Intercontinental Airport and William P. Hobby Airport between June and August, according to data from the Houston Airport System. This is more than the estimated 3.89 million people who traveled in the same time period in 2020, but still less than the roughly 16 million people who traveled during that time in 2019. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Passports continue to be delayed due to COVID-19, employee shortages
METRONext is the agency’s $3.5 billion bond approved by voters in November 2019, which aims to ease traffic congestion, add expansion to the METRO, and make accessibility and safety upgrades. (Shawn Arrajj/Community Impact Newspaper)
METRO Board approves $1.3 billion budget, discusses METRONext projects
Kyle City Council voted 6-1 and approved the new citywide trail master plan that will utilize 2020 bond election funds for trails that will help connect Austin to San Antonio. (Courtesy Pexels)
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The Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County on Sept. 14 resumed limited services. (Courtesy Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County)
METRO operating on limited service in aftermath of Hurricane Nicholas
The North Houston Highway Improvement Project proposed rerouting I-45 through the East End and Fifth Ward, leaving the Pierce Elevated abandoned. (Nathan Colbert/Community Impact Newspaper)
TxDOT keeps I-45 expansion project in 10-year plan amid federal investigation
The Texas Department of Transportation is working on a resurfacing project along FM 1960. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
FM 1960 resurfacing project underway in Cy-Fair
Distribution centers expand in Cy-Fair to meet e-commerce demand
Tom Lambert, the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, delivered a presentation at an August North Houston Association meeting about the plan's progress and future (Courtesy METRO)
Metropolitan Transit Authority outlines light rail funding developments, COVID-19 ridership effect on METRONext
Construction in the new Dunham Pointe master-planned community is underway. (Danica Lloyd/Community Impact Newspaper)
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From 9 p.m. July 30 until 5 a.m. Aug. 1, traffic going northbound from Franklin St. to Hogan/Crockett St. will be diverted to I-10. (Courtesy Adobe Stock)
Section of I-45 to be closed this weekend due to bridge maintenance
According to the Katy Heritage Society, at 177 feet tall, the J.V. Cardiff & Sons rice dryer was the tallest in the country when it opened in 1966. (Courtesy Cardiff Rice Dryer)
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