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To embed this piece of audio in your site, please use this code:XAs COVID-19 causes people to stay home and fewer cars take to the road, the Texas Department of Transportation hopes it can fast-track some of its ongoing projects.TxDOT spokesperson Danny Perez said while many staff members are working from home, there's still important maintenance work that need to be done, along with ongoing construction.Perez said they've been able to accelerate some local projects because of lower traffic volumes.That includes the at I-69 and the 610 West Loop, one of the busiest interchanges in the state. He added they may finish the work ahead of schedule."We've been able to move forward on many of the elements that require some additional time," said Perez. "For instance, the building of connector ramps, placing beams. We've been able to speed that work up and we've been very successful."Another project TxDOT has accelerated is the repaving of Westheimer between the 610 Loop and Dairy Ashford. TxDOT District Engineer Eliza Paul the agency wad able to pave the road in half the time because crews could work around the clock.Other big TxDOT projects include the on I-45 Gulf Freeway, a new bridge on , and the .TxDOT is also preparing to widen FM 1960 from Humble to Atascocita. The $63 million project will widen the road from four lanes to six with a center median.Perez said TxDOT hopes to start relocating utilities later this year with construction scheduled to start next summer.Fill out the form below to subscribe our new daily editorial newsletter from the HPM Newsroom.· The findings offer an early glimpse of the sheer magnitude of the learning setbacks dealt to the nation's children during the first two years of the pandemic.· Critics argue the expansion of I-45 would worsen air quality, noise pollution, and traffic congestion while needlessly displacing communities of color.· The $347 million proposed project aims to reduce flooding risks on part of the freeway by elevating it and installing a detention pond underneath.· On Friday's show: We learn why some residents are concerned about plans to raise a portion of I-10. Then, we discuss why Houston might be more stressed than other cities, according to a new survey. And we reflect on the film A League of Their Own on its 30th anniversary with the actress who played Marla Hooch.

To embed this piece of audio in your site, please use this code:XAs COVID-19 causes people to stay home and fewer cars take to the road, the Texas Department of Transportation hopes it can fast-track some of its ongoing projects.TxDOT spokesperson Danny Perez said while many staff members are working from home, there's still important maintenance work that need to be done, along with ongoing construction.Perez said they've been able to accelerate some local projects because of lower traffic volumes.That includes the at I-69 and the 610 West Loop, one of the busiest interchanges in the...

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