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TxDOT delays gravel road plan
The Texas Department of Transportation has put on hold a plan to convert some rural asphalt roads to gravel, according to a report from The San Antonio Express-News. Senator Carlos Uresti (D-Texas) said Tuesday that TxDOT officials decided on a 60-day delay in some of the planned conversions after state lawmakers raised concerns about the […]
August 22, 2013
Business
Central Texas Tool Company a family-run machine shop from a bygone era
No computers. Drawings done in the dirt. 100 year-old machines driven by overhead belts. Some might think that the Central Texas Tool Company is an anachronism, serving no purpose in this high-tech, 24/7 global economy. The members of the Carpenter family that run the shop jokingly call it “a working museum” and some of the […]
April 3, 2013
Roadbuilding
Legislators look to expanded drilling for transportation funding
Since a gas tax seems to be an unlikely source of transportation funding, some legislators are looking to oil. In fact, Speaker John Boehner has called revenues for infrastructure improvements via oil and gas drilling expansions a “natural link,” according to Politico. However, some lobbyists are concerned that expanded drilling won’t bring in enough money […]
March 27, 2013
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The guys who plugged the hole in the world
If you were like me you were shocked and outraged at the sight of the Macondo Deepwater Horizon oil well exploding into flames in the Gulf of Mexico just two years ago. But two additional thoughts crept into my head as the days went by: One: How are they going to plug that thing, a […]
December 5, 2012
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