Fifth round of Texas Proposition 1 transportation projects approved at $401.5 million

Updated Aug 8, 2015

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The Texas Transportation Commision has approved 17 projects valued at $401.5 million as part of the fifth round of the state’s Proposition 1, bringing the total number of projects to 93 of the 200 planned under the furnding program.

The fourth round included 15 projects at a total of $662 million. The total value of projects to date has now eclipsed the $1 billion mark.

Proposition 1, approved by the Texas voters last November, will cover more than 800 miles of highway rehabilitation, including 500 miles of new highway lanes; 114 replaced, widened, or rehabilitated bridges; and 159 miles of passing lanes added to rural highways.

Proposition 1 Fifth Round Project Funds

County            Bid Total

Bee                  $8.64 million

Bexar              $31.16 million

Cass                $0.78 million

Chambers      $1.81 million

Duval              $8.81 million

Ector               $6.84 million

Grayson          $12.50 million

Harrison         $90.77 million

Hidalgo           $3.55 million

Irion                $30.89 million

Jefferson        $29.99 million

Navarro          $130.75 million

Nueces            $16.39 million

Potter              $26.40 million