NEWS
TxDOT pre-treats roads in time for winter weather
WICHITA FALLS DISTRICT – TxDOT maintenance crews in nine counties (Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Throckmorton, Wichita, Wilbarger, and Young) spent the last day and a half pre-treating bridges and overpasses with brine on all of our primary and secondary roadways and many tertiary roadways as well. Our tanker trucks were able to spray the main lanes of US 287, I-44 and US 82.
Tonight four sections in Vernon, Electra, Wichita Falls, and Henrietta have already changed over to 12 hour shifts around the clock. These sections will continue to pretreat more roadways overnight.
Other sections will have maintenance supervisors monitoring the roads and deploying equipment and manpower as needed. The snow plows are loaded and ready to roll. Our stock remains high.
Drivers are advised to check road conditions and weather forecasts before heading to other parts of the State. Motorists can obtain travel information, road conditions and see 15 Wichita Falls traffic cameras and 1 Vernon camera by visiting DriveTexas.org or calling (800) 452-9292. Traffic cameras are also at TxDOT.Gov.
Remember to follow the Wichita Falls District in our newly created Facebook page, www.Facebook.com/TxDOTWichitaFalls and on Twitter, www.Twitter.com/TxDOTWF .
If you experience an emergency on the road, call 9-1-1 for help.
The cast and crew of Gold-Burg High School’s state-bound one-act play “Interview,” will present a public show at 4 p.m. on May 5 in the Bowie Junior High Auditorium.
Admission is $5 and there will be a bake sale to raise funds for travel and other OAP expenses. The show is directed by Linda Fitzner.
The group will travel to Austin to perform on May 13 for the state title. This is the school’s first time to take a play to the state contest.
Pictured above: Cast of “Interview” in rehearsal this week. (Courtesy photo)
Voters in Bowie and Forestburg Independent School Districts will have their say Saturday as both entities offer up bond issues to improve infrastructure.
Early voting came to an end on Tuesday with a total of 1,230 people casting their ballots.
On election day the polls will be open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at three locations: Bowie Senior Citizens Center, Forestburg ISD Library and Sunset City Hall. Voters can cast their ballots at any of these locations due to countywide voting.
Read more about both bond proposals in your weekend Bowie News.
Water was off Wednesday morning as the City of Bowie public works crew replaced a fire hydrant at the corner of Walnut and Matthews. (Photo by Barbara Green)
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