Courtesy Raul Leal, (Laredo, Tx)-TxDOT Laredo District staff and honored guests pose for a photo after the Centennial Celebration Liberty Truck Tour event in Laredo. Among those shown in the photo (center) are Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz, TxDOT Laredo District Administrator Melisa Montemayor and Roger Allen Polson, former TxDOT employee (retired) who engineered a book

Courtesy Raul Leal, LAREDO, TX – Weather permitting on Sunday, February 26 through Tuesday, February 28, 2017 from 9 p.m. and 7 a.m., the Union Pacific Railroad Company (UPRR) will conduct nighttime UPRR bridge repair work at Los Botines along IH 35 northbound at mile marker #18. This work calls for the nighttime closure of

Courtesy Raul Leal, LAREDO, TX – Weather permitting January 8-12 & 15 during nighttime hours 9 p.m. to 5:30 a.m., soil testing and sampling work by Geotechnical Drilling will continue on US 59 Loop (formerly Loop 20), both north- and southbound main lanes and shoulders, between US 59 (Saunders Ave.) and International Blvd. in Laredo.

Courtesy Raul Leal, LAREDO, TX – Weather permitting on January 4, 2017 through January 12, 2017 between 9 p.m. and 5:30 a.m., Geotechnical Drilling will be conducting nighttime soil testing and sampling work on the outside main lane and shoulder of north- and southbound US 59 Loop (formerly Loop 20) between US 59 (Saunders Ave.)

Courtesy Raul Leal, LAREDO, TX – Weather permitting on Saturday, December 10, 2016 beginning at 8 a.m., Oscar Renda Contracting will close the State Loop (SL) 20 north- to southbound turnaround under the Kansas City Southern bridge for excavation work. Motorists are urged to seek an alternate route during this excavation work. Off-duty police officers

Courtesy Raul Leal, LAREDO, TX – Both IH 35 southbound main lanes were reopened at 1 a.m. this morning after a one lane closure of southbound IH 35 occurred at mile marker #57 in La Salle County due to a tractor trailer that caught fire last evening at approximately 8 p.m.

LAREDO, Tx – Starting on Monday, November 28, 2016, City of Laredo Public Works Department crews will begin street improvement work on Shiloh Blvd. between Kirby Street and State Loop 20 (Bob Bullock Loop). There will be no access to Shiloh Blvd. from SL 20 north- or southbound as well as no access to SL

Courtesy Raul Leal, Projects to enhance border region transportation infrastructure in Maverick, Kinney & Val Verde counties LAREDO, TX – Federal funds made available through the 2015 FAST Act (Fixing America’s Surface Transportation) are going to support new road construction in three counties in the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) Laredo District. This announcement of

Courtesy Raul Leal, LAREDO, Tx – “Children are our most precious resource,” said City of Laredo Mayor Pete Saenz as he proclaimed Child Passenger Safety Week (September 18-24, 2016) in Laredo at City Hall.  This event, sponsored by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and collaborating agencies, brings child passenger safety to the forefront; all

Courtesy Raul Leal, Events focus on saving children’s lives and preventing injuries LAREDO, TX – The week of September 18-24, 2016 is National Passenger Safety (CPASS) Week across the nation, and in Laredo, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will hold three events to educate the general and motoring public about the importance of buckling