TxDOT Advances Congestion Combat Plan with Loop 360 Overpasses in West Austin

The congested corridors of Austin’s Loop 360 are slated for a transformation aimed at improving flow and reducing the standstills that have become a hallmark of driving through West Austin. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), in an ongoing initiative starting back in 2022, is working to eliminate all traffic signals along the 14-mile stretch of roadway, as part of a broader strategy to combat the city’s traffic woes. “This will create a better moving system, free-flowing traffic and eliminating all of those signals where people stop and wait, creating more congestions,” TxDOT spokesperson Antonio Lujan said in a statement reported by KVUE.

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