Interstate 35 and US 183 land millions for improvements

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Department of Transportation has been approved to receive $2.5 billion in funding for 19 projects statewide to improve commutes. The governing body for TxDOT approved the money, which comes from the voter approved Proposition 7, which dedicated more state dollars to the State Highway Fund. Austin will get  $415.6 million to relieve congestion.
Some of the big projects are along I-35 at Riverside Drive down to Oltorf. With $162 million, as early as this fall,