In early 2017, if all goes well, the South Nacogdoches Highway 59 construction project should be completed. As you drive through that area just south of Loop 224, it's hard to envision exactly what the finished product will look like.
When we see the orange traffic cones go up, we know they'll slow us down and life might be easier, quicker, and smoother without them there. But it's always worth it in the end.
The state of Texas has announced work is planned on County Road 706 in Nacogdoches County.
Shades of Charles Bronson's character in the "Death Wish" movies. This time though, the good guy isn't whacking creeps on the street, but rather - fixing potholes on the street.
After years of planning, studying, talking, and more studying, I-69 in East Texas is closer to becoming a reality.
The final proposal has been presented to the Texas Dept. of Transportation, and now the project is entering into the public interaction phase.
There's a meeting planned for Tuesday in Nacogdoches to gather more public input and share the plan for the new Interstate.
Have you driven on Timberland Drive lately? Don't mean to be sour grapes, because re-paving of the road will be a nice gesture to my tires, but in the meantime, the loose rocks for over three miles is tearing up the under carriage of my lime green 1974 Pinto, not to mention the pebbles being unleashed at ramming speed by other motorists -- all in point-blank range of my windshield!
Forget, "How many Aggies does it take to screw in a light bulb"? How many construction workers does it take to stop an out of control concrete buffer?