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 […]
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, […]
Rockwall, TX (May 30, 2025) – Weather permitting, all lanes of John King Boulevard will be closed from 9 p.m. Friday, May 30 through 5 a.m. Monday, June 2 for bridge work as part of the ongoing project. Local traffic will be detoured. East and westbound I-30 will be narrowed to one lane at John […]
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 […]
Traffic Alert from the Texas Department of Transportation ROCKWALL COUNTY, TX (July 25, 2024) Weather permitting, the following closures are scheduled as part of the ongoing I-30 corridor improvement project in Rockwall: All lanes of east and westbound I-30 will close and traffic will detour to the frontage roads between Bass Pro Drive and Dalrock […]
TxDOT urges Texans to find a sober ride during the holidays AUSTIN – The holiday season gets its official start next week as many Texans gather around the table for Thanksgiving dinner. But for the families of the 1,246 people killed last year in Texas by drunk drivers, holiday seasons will never be the same. Starting […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]