CHILDRESS – A public hearing was held Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at the Childress Fair Park Auditorium, regarding the proposed plan for construction projects in the Texas Department of Transportation’s Childress District.
TxDOT invited residents and local officials in Wheeler, Collingsworth, Childress, Hall, Donley, Briscoe, Dickens, King, Knox, Foard, Motley, Cottle and Hardeman counties to make public comments pertaining to the Childress District FY 2011-2014 Rural Transportation Improvement Plan.
No comments were made at Tuesday’s meeting, which Director of Transportation Planning and Development Marty Smith said isn’t unusual.
“We usually have a very small group, if any,” Smith said. “I think people don’t feel as if they have any input on the rural plans.”
A copy of the plan can also be found at txdot.gov/business/governments/stips.htm. The document includes details for seal coating and overlay projects on state highways in Donley County and replacement of two bridges in Clarendon – one on Seventh Street at the City Park and another on Rosenfield Street.
“All projects have funds obligated to cover the cost from the state and federal levels, and most of these projects are for preservation sake,” Smith said. “With our limited funds, we’re just trying to hold the system together.”
Written comments about the Transportation Improvement Plan can be made until 5 p.m. on Nov. 29 and can be submitted to Marty Smith at: TxDOT Childress District, 7599 US 287, Childress, TX 79201 or via e-mail at Marty.Smith@txdot.gov.
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