The city of Austin has received approval for a $100 million federal grant for its Our Future 35 project, which would involve freeway caps and stitches over portions of I-35 in Central Austin.
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Nearly a month after the eight-mile-long Capital Express Central project got federal approval, Austin City Council members were briefed on TxDOT’s $4.5 billion revamp of I-36 through Austin, as well as the city-funded plan to make the most of it.
With the federal approval of the environmental impact statement, construction on the Capital Express Central project could begin as early as next year.