TxDOT: One quarter of the total traffic fatalities in Texas in 2024 were DUI-alcohol related

TxDOT: One quarter of the total traffic fatalities in Texas in 2024 were DUI-alcohol related

New TxDOT Campaign Highlights the Real Lives, Real Losses of Drunk Driving AUSTIN – Marcus and Nicole Nalepa and their 8-year-old daughter Kelsey of the Houston area were on the way to her softball practice in League City on April 6, 2017 when their lives changed forever. Just feet from Kelsey’s elementary school, a drunk driver slammed […]

TxDOT: Notice Virtual Public Meeting with In-Person Option

TxDOT: Notice Virtual Public Meeting with In-Person Option

FARM TO MARKET ROAD (FM) 2755 From State Highway (SH) 78 to County Road (CR) 541 CSJs: 2745-01-011, 0281-06-007 Collin County, Texas (June 23, 2025) The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Dallas District is proposing to widen and improve FM 2755 from SH 78 to CR 541, in the City of Lavon, in Collin County, […]

TXDOT announces Rockwall County lane closures set to begin on April 27

TXDOT announces Rockwall County lane closures set to begin on April 27

ROCKWALL COUNTY (April 25, 2025) – Weather permitting, the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) has announced various lane closures and improvement projects throughout Rockwall County set begin on April 27. Lane Closures along I-30 in Rockwall County The following lane closures are scheduled as part of an ongoing I-30 improvement project: The eastbound I-30 frontage road […]

New law also takes effect Sept. 1 targeting drunk drivers who kill parents of young children

New law also takes effect Sept. 1 targeting drunk drivers who kill parents of young children

TxDOT, law enforcement step up effort to curb drunk driving  AUSTIN (Aug. 17, 2023) – As Labor Day approaches, TxDOT is reminding all Texans about the dangers of drunk driving. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced an increased enforcement period from Aug. 18 to Sept. 4. Texas law enforcement agencies are among those […]

TxDOT Update: Work begins on second work zone of I-30 between Dalrock and SH205

TxDOT Update: Work begins on second work zone of I-30 between Dalrock and SH205

ROCKWALL, TX (Jan. 20, 2022) The I-30 work zone over Lake Ray Hubbard is expanding, as a second improvement project gets underway in the corridor. Drivers are urged to plan ahead for extra travel time to help traffic safely navigate through these adjacent work zones. A $334 million project to improve I-30 between Dalrock Road […]

Traffic Advisory: I-30 narrows to one lane nightly at Dalrock starting today, Monday, June 13

Traffic Advisory: I-30 narrows to one lane nightly at Dalrock starting today, Monday, June 13

DALLAS/ROCKWALL COUNTY (June 13, 2022) – Weather permitting, east and westbound I-30 will intermittently narrow to one lane at Dalrock Road from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. nightly starting Monday, June 13 through Friday, June 17 for striping work as part of the ongoing I-30 project. Motorists should be aware of a traffic shift on […]

TxDOT launches anti-speeding campaign

TxDOT launches anti-speeding campaign

1 IN 3 TEXAS VEHICLE DEATHS DUE TO SPEED  With a 16% increase in speed-related crashes on Texas roadways last year, TxDOT urges drivers to slow down, drive to conditions to save lives    AUSTIN – Last year the number of people killed in vehicle crashes in Texas reached a level not seen since 1981, […]

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