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.
Atmos Energy has E. Montague St. closed between Mason St. & Lindsey St. for gas line repair.
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A crew from Scarborough Engineering was working on control termination wiring in the control room of the Bowie Substation last week. They were integrating additional equipment including the new transformer. Once everything is connected it will go through a testing phase. The transformer project has been stalled during the past year awaiting the arrival of various parts. (News photo by Barbara Green
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
After more than a year of turmoil and upheaval it appears the Amon Carter Lake Water Supply Corporation is back on its feet with a slate of new board members and plans to review by-laws and operations.
Last August all the board members resigned in the wake of a lawsuit by a resident who could not obtain water for a small housing development despite being in the district. The property owner also accused the board of not following open meetings or open records laws, or its own by-laws.
After the board resigned a receivership was requested from the court and was named in December 2025. The receiver or temporary manager was Nocona attorney Zach Renfro, who was directed by the court to seek out possible directors to rehabilitate the association and assure it meets the obligation of continuing to provide water to more than 300 members.
The corporation board conducted its first general membership meeting on March 27 where a state of the corporation was given and new directors
named. They are Kevin McShan, president; Josh Swint, vice president; Carla Swofford, secretary; Wesley Kelly, treasurer; Zach Gunter, Rob Hankins and Chase Thomas, all directors.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
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