WOODVILLE – A workshop scheduled for Thursday, June 20, at 5 p.m. in the District Courtroom of the Tyler County Courthouse will address the US 69 relief route project.
The Tyler County Commissioners Court is hosting the workshop, and the agenda issued for the meeting states that the topics may include but are not limited on discussions of the following items: to review alternative options proposed by Steve Pittman and Greg Adams and to discuss an alternative option for the project to submit to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT).
Last week in the regular meeting of the Commissioners Court, the court unanimously approved an agenda item that called for Pittman and Adams to ask the court for its blessing to complete an alternative route option in order to submit to TxDOT. This effort is on a volunteer basis, and at no cost to the taxpayer, Tyler County Judge Milton Powers said.
Pittman and Adams both spoke at another workshop, which took place two weeks ago in the District Courtroom, and was hosted by the Commissioners Court.
The two men outlined their work at finding an alternative route through Colmesneil, using the old railroad right-of-way, which is owned by the state and had long been touted as the thoroughfare for any relief route project. They asked the officials then if they could proceed with mapping an alternative route for the rest of the county, one which would find the least amount of disruption to homes, churches and businesses.
At present, TxDOT has presented two route options, one that uses an east route, which includes the old railroad ROW, and another, which is situated to the west.
Powers said in last Monday’s Commissioners Court meeting that it is necessary to “put pressure on [TxDOT] to change these routes,” and added that contacting both Rep. Trent Ashby and Sen. Robert Nichols with constituent concerns will make a difference.
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