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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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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
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
Harris County Precinct 4 is installing a traffic signal at Stuebner Airline Road and the entrance to Farm League Park. (Ronald Winters/Community Impact Newspaper)
Stuebner Airline Road, Farm League Park traffic signal to be operational by late-September
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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Gosling Road will be expanded to four lanes between Creekside Forest Drive and Gatewood Reserve Lane, including the Spring Creek bridge. (Ronald Winters/Community Impact Newspaper)
Construction on long-awaited Gosling Road bridge to begin this fall
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
Another project in the study phase is the stretch of Boudreaux Road from Old Boudreaux Lane to Gleannloch Forest Drive along Spring’s northern border, just south of Tomball. (Ronald Winters/Community Impact Newspaper)
Harris County Precinct 4 studying Boudreaux Road improvements
Harris County is studying a project to improve Birnam Wood Boulevard Segment 2, from Cypresswood Drive to south of Otto Road in Spring. (Ronald Winters/Community Impact Newspaper)
Harris County Precinct 4 considering improvements for Birnam Wood Boulevard Segment 2
Precinct 4 is studying a project to expand Bourgeois Road between Cutten and West Richey roads. (Ronald Winters/Community Impact Newspaper)
Harris County Precinct 4 studying Bourgeois Road expansion possibilities
Harris County is designing a project for a stretch of Holderrieth Road from Hwy. 249 to Hufsmith-Kohrville Road. (Ronald Winters/Community Impact Newspaper)
Holderrieth Road improvements under design
The Harris County Toll Road Authority will be closing portions of the Tomball Tollway nightly between Sept. 1 and Oct. 1. (Anna Lotz/Community Impact Newspaper)
Nightly closures on Tomball Tollway between Boudreaux Road and Grand Parkway starting Sept. 1
The Champion Forest Drive bridge at Cypress Creek closed Aug. 20 for an emergency repair. (Courtesy Fotolia)
UPDATE: Champion Forest Drive bridge at Cypress Creek reopens following emergency repair