Afrigather The Texas Division of Transportation has given the inexperienced gentle to designate 4.2 miles of latest interstate as I-27.
The brand new growth of I-27, known as the “Ports-to-Plains Hall,” will lengthen from Lubbock to Lamesa. The brand new I-27 numbering was permitted by Congress in 2023 and is deliberate to offer an interstate hyperlink between the Mexican and Canadian borders. I-27 is presently designated for 124 miles.
The TxDOT’s Transportation Fee permitted the change September 26, saying the designation will “facilitate the circulate of site visitors, promote public security and keep continuity of the state freeway system and is critical for the correct growth and operation of the system.”
The Federal Freeway Administration permitted the inclusion of the 4-mile section to the Interstate Freeway System final month. The designation covers 5 initiatives constructed in 1987, 1988, 1999, 2011 and 2017.
The brand new stretch of interstate will run concurrently with U.S. Freeway 87 from the present I-27 terminus in Lubbock to 0.1 mile north of County Highway 7500. New I-27 indicators will quickly be put in.
“This designation breathes new hope into our imaginative and prescient in San Angelo, Texas,” mentioned Brenda Gunter, San Angelo mayor and the chairwoman of the I-27 Advisory Committee. “Approving this designation is not only symbolic however a essential first step towards making building of the I-27 system in Texas a actuality.”
The trail to this designation started with President Joe Biden signing the $1.5 trillion federal appropriations for 2022, which included the designation of a future Interstate 27 to run from Texas to New Mexico. The hall – known as the Ports-to-Plains Hall – will lengthen right down to the Mexican border and finally to the Canadian border in future phases.
