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.
On Friday city officials reported the intersection at Rock and Pillar was closed due to a sinkhole in the street. This area has been experiencing major drainage problems for many years damaging culverts and the street asphalt and concrete, with a portion of the street collapsing earlier in the spring. Drivers should avoid this area.
The Nocona City Council approved a trio of Nocona Economic Development Corporation requests and considered infrastructure work questioned by a city council.
Councilors met on June 10. Two of the NEDC requests had already been presented with the timeclock for comment started. With that time limit over, the requests were finalized.
The Type A and B Boards will spend $19,225 at the Indian Oaks Golf Club for equipment, aerifying and top dressing the greens and batteries for rental carts. It also will expend $20,000 to the Nocona Chisholm Trail Rodeo Arena Committee to build new concrete bleachers, railings, fence and platform.
The third NEDC request is a new one related to a Type B board loan of $200,000 to Amy and Chris Nunneley for a new apartment and office construction project.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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