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KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Service to Amsterdam Returns To DFW International Airport
Texas Business reports: Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport—The seasonal KLM Royal Dutch Airlines nonstop service between DFW to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport has resumed. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
TxDOT, Houston-Area Partners Advance Two High-Profile Projects
Texas Business reports: AUSTIN—The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) plans to to advance two high-profile projects in the Houston area. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
Zipcar Expands Service to Austin
Texas Business reports: CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and AUSTIN, Texas—Zipcar Inc., a car-sharing network, expanded the Zipcar car sharing network into the City of Austin. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
Transportation Commission allocates $2 billion to communities across Texas
Texas Business reports: AUSTIN—In a unanimous decision, the Texas Transportation Commission voted to revise the 2012 Unified Transportation Plan (UTP), formally allocating approximately $1.6 billion to communities across the state using existing funding formulas. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
U.S. Department of Transportation Selects North Tarrant Express for $415 Million TIFIA Loan
Texas Business reports: AUSTIN - U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced Tuesday that Texas’ North Tarrant Express project has entered the final stage to receive $415 million under the Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) financing program, advancing a project that will address safety and congestion. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
DFW International Airport Bids Farewell to Final Departing U.S. Military R&R Charter Flight
Texas Business reports: DFW AIRPORT—More than one hundred employees and volunteers at DFW International Airport bid farewell to the final departing U.S. military charter flight this week, bringing an end to eight years of scheduled rest and recuperation (R&R) flights at the Airport. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
Higher Speed Limits Approved on Central Texas Highways
Texas Business reports: AUSTIN—Portions of two Central Texas highways will soon see speed limit increases following Thursday’s Texas Transportation Commission action approving 80 mph designations for 54 miles of roadway in the Austin area. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
To Bring One Gas Well Into Production Requires 1200 Loaded Trucks
Texas Business reports: AUSTIN - Nearly 1,200 loaded trucks are needed to bring just one gas well into production— the traffic equivalent to roughly 8 million cars. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
American Airlines and China's Hainan Airlines Launch New Codeshare Service
Texas Business reports: FORT WORTH—American Airlines and Beijing-based Hainan Airlines implemented their new codeshare agreement, providing significant opportunities for American in China and for Hainan in the United States. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
FleetPride Opens New Location in Cincinnati, Ohio
Texas Business reports: THE WOODLANDS—FleetPride Inc. the nation's largest independent aftermarket distributor of heavy-duty truck and trailer parts, opened a new location in Cincinnati, Ohio. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
Amtrak and TxDOT Study New Service from Bossier City-Shreveport to Fort Worth
Texas Business reports: MARSHALL – Amtrak and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) agreed on the scope of a feasibility study for new Amtrak service between the Bossier City -Shreveport area in Northwest Louisiana and along the Interstate 20 (I-20) corridor to Dallas and Fort Worth. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
Computer Scientist Developing Intersections of the Future With Fully Autonomous Vehicles Texas Business reports: AUSTIN—Intersections of the futur
Texas Business reports: AUSTIN—Intersections of the future will not need stop lights or stop signs, but will look like a somewhat chaotic flow of driverless, autonomous cars slipping past one another as they are managed by a virtual traffic controller. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
TxDOT’s $1.4 Billion Grand Parkway in Houston To Break Ground In 2013
Texas Business reports: AUSTIN—The greater Houston area is one step closer to reduced traffic congestion for more than 2.5 million people as the Texas Department of Transportation accelerates plans for the completion of the next phase of State Highway 99, also known as the Grand Parkway. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
Mercuria Launches Pipeline-by-rail on the Panhandle Northern Railway
Texas Business reports: BORGER—Mercuria Energy Trading Inc., based in Chicago, has developed a terminal to ship crude oil on the Panhandle Northern Railway (PNR), which operates on 31 miles of track between the towns of Panhandle and Borger, Texas.
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Rush Enterprises Buys West Texas Peterbilt For $25 Million
Texas Business reports: SAN ANTONIO—Rush Enterprises Inc. acquired certain assets of West Texas Peterbilt, a Peterbilt dealership group with five locations in Texas. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
McCarthy’s Texas Division Awarded $24.9 Million Texas A&M Wellborn Road Grade Separations Project
Texas Business reports: HOUSTON—McCarthy Building Companies Inc., a Texas builder for 30 years, won the $24.9 million Wellborn Road Grade Separations project, marking McCarthy’s first project with The Texas A&M University System. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
JetBlue Airways To Launch DFW-Boston Service
Texas Business reports: DFW AIRPORT—Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport today announced JetBlue Airways will serving DFW with three daily flights to Boston Logan International Airport, starting next May. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
First Interstate 69 Signs in Texas Unveiled In Robstown
Texas Business reports: ROBSTOWN, Texas—State and federal transportation officials unveiled a 10 foot by 10 foot highway sign today in Robstown, marking the first segment of Interstate 69 in Texas and the first new interstate highway in Texas since 1992.corp_ Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
American Airlines and OpenSkies Sign New Codeshare Agreement
Texas Business reports: FORT WORTH—Despite bankruptcy, American Airlines continues to make travel deals. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
NTTA Bond Sale Allows Project More Than 40 Years on the Drawing Board to Clear Final Hurdle
Texas Business reports: PLANO—The North Texas Tollway Authority financial team successfully executed the sale of $640,535,000 of bonds for the acquisition, development and construction of the Chisholm Trail Parkway.
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Austin airport receives latest Advanced Imaging Technology machines for passenger screening
Texas Business reports: AUSTIN—Earlier this week, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport received its first Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) machine for passenger screening.
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Austin’s airport opens cell phone waiting area for passenger pick-up Texas Business reports: AUSTIN—A cell phone waiting area for passenger pickup has opened at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
$6 Million Hobby Airport Roadway Renovation Begins in Houston
Texas Business reports: HOUSTON—William P. Hobby Airport began a $6 million capital improvement project to its ticket-level entrance ramp that will impact thousands of customers who travel through Houston's second busiest airport.
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Texas Gets A New Interstate Highway
Texas Business reports: AUSTIN— The Texas Transportation Commission took action today to add Interstate 69 to the state highway system, allowing Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) officials to label the first Texas stretch of the nearly 1000-mile interstate since I-69 received federal high-priority route designation more than a decade ago. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
OWL Expands Operations in Houston
Texas Business reports: New York-based Ocean World Lines (OWL), a global, single-source NVOCC (non-vessel operating common carrier) and subsidiary of Pacer International, plans to open an office in Houston to service all cargoes moving to and from the region.
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State Approves $3 Billion In Funding for Congested Corridors, Bridges
Texas Business reports: AUSTIN – The Texas Transportation Commission approved distribution of $3 billion in Proposition 12 bond funding that will address congested highways, rehabilitate bridges and improve connectivity between the state’s metropolitan areas.
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Portion of US 77 Approved as Part of U.S. Interstate System
Texas Business reports: AUSTIN - In a letter to Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) officials, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Administrator Victor Mendez granted a request to add 6.2 miles of US 77 between I-37 and SH 44 in South Texas to the interstate highway system.
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UT Arlington to offer free charging station for electric vehicles
Texas Business reports: ARLINGTON - The University of Texas at Arlington will make going green a little easier for motorists with the addition of a free public charging station for electric vehicles.
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Houston’s Kirby Corporation Completes $604 Million Buy of K-Sea Transportation Partners LP Texas Business reports: HOUSTON—Kirby Corporation completed the acquisition of K-Sea Transportation Partners L.P. with K-Sea becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Kirby. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
Austin’s KLD Energy Technologies’ Motor System Revs Up Malaysia’s New Electric Vehicles
Texas Business reports: AUSTIN—KLD Energy Technologies Inc., announced its motor system will be featured in a new line of electric scooters for the Malaysian market. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |

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| Green Automotive Company Relocates Texas Corporate Headquarters to Newport Beach, California Texas Business reports: Dallas—In a reverse of a California-to-Texas migration, one Texas firm is relocating its corporate office to California. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
TXDOT Approves $173 Million In Alternatively-Financed Projects
Texas Business reports: Austin—State transportation officials approved 17 projects around the state to be funded by TxDOT’s pass-through finance program, pending final negotiations. The Texas Transportation Commission approved the projects, estimated at $173 million, at its monthly meeting. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
Houston Port Commission Selects S&P for $33 Million Bayport Terminal Gate Texas Business reports: Houston—The Port of Houston Authority awarded a $33.2 million construction contract to Satterfield & Pontikes Construction Inc. (S&P) for the Phase 3 entry and exit gate expansion project at the Bayport Terminal in Pasadena. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |

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| UT Arlington civil engineer researching new ways to assess, prevent damage to highways, underground pipes Texas Business reports: Arlington—A University of Texas at Arlington civil engineer has secured $1.75 million in grants this year, part of which will go toward developing a new sensor that will help measure soil stability and advances in soils treatments to better support highways and water and sewer pipes in unstable soils. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |

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| Texas Agency Tries For DFW-Houston High Speed Rail Line Preliminary Funds
Texas Business reports: Texas again, as it has for three decades, is exploring high-speed rail possibilities.
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January 2011 Surface Trade with Canada and Mexico Rose 19.5 Percent from January 2010
Texas Business reports: Texas Business reports: Texas was the top surface trader with Mexico by a factor of almost three times as its nearest competitor, California, according to federal transportation statistics. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
Collin County, North Texas Tollway Authority Reach Agreement on Outer Loop
Texas Business reports: The North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) and Collin County announced that they have reached agreement on a framework for the development of all future turnpike projects in the county, including a tollway that will one day form a portion of a ring project around North Texas.
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Port Lavaca Firm Wins $3.3 Million Dredging Contract
Texas Business reports: A Port Lavaca firm won a $3.3 million contract to dredge the Gulf intracoastal waterway in Aransas, Calhoun and San Patricio Counties from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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Valence Technology Lithium Phosphate Batteries to Power Courb Electric Passenger Vehicle
Texas Business reports: An Austin firm is providing the batteries for a European electric car.
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Kirby Corp Buys New Jersey's K-Sea Transportation Partners
Texas Business reports: Houston’s Kirby Corporation will buy the New Jersey-based K-Sea Transportation Partners L.P., an operator of tank barges and tugboats participating in the coastwise transportation primarily of refined petroleum products in the United States.
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Toshiba To Expand Houston Plant
Texas Business reports: Toshiba International Corporation will expand manufacturing capacity at its plant in Houston for production of high-performance drive motors for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and electric vehicles (EVs).
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Trico Announces Vessel Auction
Texas Business reports: Houston—Trico Marine Services Inc. plans to auction towing and suppy vessels, officials announced.
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Heartland Automotive Services, Inc., dba Jiffy Lube, Acquires Empire Lube Inc., II Stores in Long Island
Texas Business reports: Irving-based Heartland Automotive Services, Inc., America's largest Jiffy Lube Franchisee, bought Empire Lube Inc., II, the operator of Jiffy Lube retail service centers throughout Nassau County, Brooklyn and the Bronx, New York.
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Toyota Opens Houston Product Quality Field Office
Texas Business reports: Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. Inc. opened a Product Quality Field Office in Houston.
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CK Technologies to Build $20 Million Manufacturing Facility in Brownsville
Texas Business reports: CK Technologies LLC, a unit of Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Cascade Engineering and leading supplier to the commercial truck and bus market, will build a manufacturing facility for interior, exterior, and functional (under-the-hood) assemblies in Brownsville. Full Story »
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Texas Business notes this story by Ramit Plushnick-Masti of Bloomberg Businessweek: Workers with the U.S. Coast Guard and the Texas General Land Office are using pitchforks to pierce chunks of animal fat that spilled into the Houston Ship Channel, shutting down a section of the waterway. Full Story »
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FMCSA Places Texas Bus Service Out-of-Service for Violating Federal Safety Regulations
Texas Business reports: A federal agency has shut down a Texas bus service for violating federal safety regulations. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
Additional $313 Million In Texas Highway Construction Approvied
Texas Business reports: AUSTIN - State transportation official's efforts to address congestion and mobility continue with this week's action approving $313 million in funding for additional projects through the Proposition 14 bond program, officials said in a prepared statement.
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North Carolina Firm Buys 49 Percent Interest in Texas State Railroad, Great Smoky Mountain Railroad for $24.5 Million
Texas Business reports: A 49-percent interest in American Heritage Railways of Texas LLC has been bought by a North Carolina company. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
Houston Ship Channel Closed to Traffic by Downed Line Texas Business notes this story by Bloomberg Businessweek: The Houston Ship Channel is closed to all inbound and outbound traffic as the U.S. Coast Guard responds to a downed power line that may keep the waterway shut for days. Full Story »
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Drive Thru Medical Exams for Truckers Are Dangerous Texas Business recommends this article by Craig Cherry of Texas Trial Law Advocate: In order to drive a commercial truck on our highways, federal law requires that truck drivers receive a medical certificate before heading out on the road. Full Story »
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McLennan County Construction Begins on I-35 Texas Business notes this story by KWTX: Construction preparations begin this week on the newest project in the expansion of Interstate 35 through the Texas Department of Transportation's (TxDOT) Waco District, from North Loop 340 in Bellmead (north of Waco) to FM 1858 just south of the city of West. Full Story »
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Engineers in Texas fight challenges to widen I-35 Texas Business notes this story by Michael W. Shapiro of the Waco Tribune-Herald: WACO, Texas — State engineers trying to widen Interstate 35 through the Waco region today face numerous challenges, some of which were created by the decisions of their engineering predecessors five decades ago. Full Story »
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DFW International Airport Wants High Speed Rail That Texas Doesn’t Need Texas Business notes this story by Chikodo Chima of AltTransport.com: As high speed rail plans pick up speed in Texas’s major urban centers, Dallas-area business leaders are calling for the construction to include the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Full Story »
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Knife River Operations Pick up More Than $41 Million in New Work
Texas Business reports: North Dakota-based Knife River was the successful bidder four different Texas State Highway projects totaling 19.3 million. Full Story » TexasBusiness.com |
Renting cars by the hour is becoming big business Texas Business notes this story in The Economist which deals with car by the hour rentals, including Daimler in Austin. Full Story »
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After Fort Worth derailment, TRE won't get back on track until Wednesday Texas Business notes this story by the Dallas Morning News: The Trinity Railway Express may not get back on track until Wednesday, after a freight train derailed in downtown Fort Worth late Sunday. Full Story »
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The Inconvenient Truth About Traffic Math: Progress Is Slow
Texas Business notes this story from the Wall Street Journal about the 60-mile traffic jam in China and the Texas Transportation Institute. Full Story »
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Fluor Selected for Program Management of New Abu Dhabi Transportation Network
Texas Business reports: Fluor Corporation announced that it has signed a contract with the Abu Dhabi Department of Transport (DoT) to provide program management consultancy (PMC) services for the Emirate's new Integrated Public Transportation Network. Fluor recognized the new award in the second quarter of 2010.
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efleetdirect Expands Into Dallas Texas Business reports: efleetdirect has expanded their operations with a new staging and processing facility in Dallas to serve one of its strongest markets in the country Full Story » Texas Business |
Funds For Brazos County
TexasBusiness.com reports Brazos County leaders welcomed the passage of 2011 Transportation Appropriations bill by the House this week. Full Story »
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Texas Transportation Department seeking input on rail plan at Mesquite session
TexasBusiness.com notes: North Texans will get one chance to tell state officials what Texas' new statewide rail plan should include, and that chance is next week. On Wednesday, the chief of the newly created rail division of the Texas Department of Transportation will lead a two-hour brainstorming session in Mesquite, reports Michael A. Lindenberger of the Dallas Morning News. Full Story »
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Texas Transportation Department seeking input on rail plan at Mesquite session
TexasBusiness.com notes: North Texans will get one chance to tell state officials what Texas' new statewide rail plan should include, and that chance is next week. On Wednesday, the chief of the newly created rail division of the Texas Department of Transportation will lead a two-hour brainstorming session in Mesquite, reports Michael A. Lindenberger of the Dallas Morning News. Full Story »
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Longview Transit, Greyhound might share office space
Greyhound Bus Lines and Longview Transit might share Pacific Avenue office space in a move designed to promote multimodal transportation. Longview Transit, meanwhile, plans to add bus stop shelters to eight locations, including four stops by the end of the year, reports Jimmy Isaac of the Longview News-Journal.
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TxDOT to begin $34.1 million construction on new SH 550 in Cameron County The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) began construction on State Highway 550 on Monday, July 26, 2010. The $34.1 million tolled highway project will be constructed on new location from just north of FM 3248 to SH 48 in Brownsville. The project planning and development was a cooperative effort between TxDOT and the Cameron County Regional Mobility Authority (CCRMA), reports My Harlingen News. Full Story »
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COG to pay Krusee, three others $1.3 million to find 'innovative' funding for Cotton Belt line The North Central Texas Council of Governments' executive board hired a four-person team that includes a retired lawmaker and a leading urban planner from North Texas to develop a plan to fund the Cotton Belt commuter rail line, a 62-mile corridor officials hope could be open to service by 2013. The group, which includes former House transportation chairman Mike Krusee, will be paid up to $1.3 million for a plan, which is expected by year's end, reports Michael Lindenberger of the Dallas Morning News. Full Story »
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Texas $1.4 Billion Build America Is Biggest in Month as AAA Credits Lure Texas, the second most-populous U.S. state, is set to benefit from its top ratings when it borrows $1.5 billion for roads tomorrow, the week’s largest municipal bond deal and the biggest Build America issue in a month. The state, through the Texas Transportation Commission, is selling $1.38 billion as taxable Build America Bonds, debt that comes with a 35 percent interest-rate subsidy from the federal government, and $115.6 million of tax-exempt securities for bridge and highway projects, reports Darrell Preston for Bloomberg Businessweek.
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Metro Takes Several More Steps To Distance Itself From Frank Wilson It did seem new when board member Burt Ballanfant -- he was around with the old group -- openly expressed concern about Metro spending more than $53 million to buy 100 new buses at a time when sales tax revenues are down and a federal funding agreement, which is key to paying for a large part of planned light rail expansion, isn't certain, reports Paul Knight with the Houston Press.
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Galveston and Texas City Ports on Whiskey warning ahead of storm Ships entering the ports of Galveston and Texas City have been put on alert as Tropical Storm Bonnie approaches the coast The U.S. Coast Guard’s Houston-Galveston Sector issued a Condition Whiskey notice for both ports, plus Houston and Freeport, Thursday and added four more to the list — Beaumont, Port Arthur, Lake Charles and Orange — Friday morning, reports Ian White of the Galveston County Daily News. Full Story »
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With Subsidies, Electric Cars Gaining Foothold in Texas TexasBusiness.com recommends this story by Kate Galbraith of the Texas Tribune: By the end of this year, Austinites should be able to buy the new electric car from Chevrolet, called the Volt. By next February, hundreds of Leafs, Nissan's plug-in car, will be on the roads around Houston, which also announced on Thursday that it would allow purchasers of the Volt to charge their cars for free. Already, at least 30 Texans own Teslas, a high-end plug-in roadster. Full Story »
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Century-old Waco bridge reopened after $4.8 Million Renovation The newly renovated Washington Avenue Bridge in Waco was reopened on Thursday in a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The bridge will now serve as a direct connection between the Elm Street Corridor and downtown Waco, reports Louis Ojeda Jr. of KXXV. Full Story »
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San Marcos celebrates opening of Wonder World Drive Mayor Susan Narvaiz will preside at the highly anticipated dedication and opening of the $26.38 million Wonder World Drive Extension on Saturday, July 24, 2010, at 10 a.m. at the east end of the new parkway at Hunter Road. City, state, federal and county officials will participate in the celebration and the public is invited to attend, reports Patrick George of the Austin American-Statesman. Full Story »
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NTTA expected to decide high stakes tollway route CELINA — Lots of things can come with a toll road: Traffic, development, and money. That's what Celina is counting on, reports Steve Stoler for WFAA. Full Story »
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Nuevo Laredo gateway May reopen this weekend Kansas City Southern reported that its Mexican subsidiary, Kansas City Southern de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (KCSM) estimates that if there are no new complications, its Nuevo Laredo gateway will be reopened for service sometime this weekend with the Anahuac Bridge repairs underway and expected to be in service by then. With the anticipated restoration of service, all current service embargoes imposed on July 3 are expected to be lifted early next week. Full Story »
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Changes to process oversized trucks at World Trade Bridge LAREDO, Tx.- Starting this Wednesday July 21 Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will implement changes to process freight trucks with oversized boxes coming in through the World Trade Bridge, reports Francisco Diaz of the Laredo Sun. Full Story »
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The EV Project Expands to Texas Purchasers of a Chevrolet Volt who qualify for EV Project participation in the Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston areas will receive a free home charger and credit toward the installation of the charger. The EV Project will gather and analyze data defining how these Volt purchasers utilize their vehicles and interface with their home charging infrastructure. Full Story »
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Arlington's General Motors plant puts quality control to the test ARLINGTON – Every day at the General Motors Assembly Plant, harried workers pull 15 of their freshly built SUVs off the line and climb all over them, reports Terry Box of the Dallas Morning News. Full Story »
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Houston Metro Light Rail Expands Hours For Bike Riders Metro and BikeHouston have reached an agreement that expands the hours bike riders will be allowed on light-rail trains, reports Richard Connelly of the Houston Press. Full Story »
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Mexico Floods Shut Laredo Crossing, Creating Logjam Mexican trucks with goods bound for the U.S. are backed up as much as two days as flooded highways block access to Nuevo Laredo, the busiest international crossing on the southern border, the president of an exporters’ trade group said, reports Bloomberg Businessweek. Full Story »
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Inspection station: Away from the fast lanes As the state issues a growing number of permits for commercial vehicles - and places an increasing workload on troopers who must inspect the rigs - Potter County is preparing to open a new inspection station just west of Amarillo on Interstate 40, reports Joe Gamm of the Amarillo Globe-News. Full Story »
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Ohio sees business boost from Texas company The Kenworth plant in Chillicothe, Ohio confirmed an order for 500 T700 trucks placed by Stevens Transport, a leading North American refrigerated transport carrier based in Dallas, reports the Lancaster Eagle Gazette. Full Story »
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U.S. Supreme Court Rules 6-3 Carmack Amendment Trumped by Forum Selection Clause In International Bill of Lading Justice Kennedy writes the majority opinion in a cargo derailment case in Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd. v Regal-Beloit Corp. with major implications for forum selection clauses and choice-of-law issues in international shipping. Justice Sotomayer writes the dissent. See the full opinion here. Full Story »
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