Mayor Bill White and House Majority Leader Tom DeLay have secured almost $3 million for “traffic management projects” in Houston:
Nearly $3 million is headed this way for traffic management projects on US 59 and the Katy Freeway. Mayor Bill White and Congressman Tom Delay worked to secure these funds to help ease congestion and ensure increased safety on Houston’s busiest highways.
One part of the Freeway Incident Management Program will include cameras on roving helicopters that will quickly respond to traffic scenes. That will help ensure the proper emergency vehicles respond to scenes in as quickly as possible.
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The US Department of Transportation has announced it will release $1.9 million of the nearly $3 million that will fund the first phase of the project, which targets the I-10 West Katy Freeway from downtown to the Grand Parkway and US 59 from downtown out to Highway 6. The program will also focus on major thoroughfares and access points along these corridors. These targeted areas experience approximately 5,500 freeway incidents annually.
