![]() Members of the Texas Transportation Commission, however, stopped short of imposing a deadline or considering shelving the project, as they have in the past when removing the $9 billion plan from the state’s short-range plan was a possibility. State highway officials held fast to their plans for rebuilding Interstate 45 in Houston on Thursday, offering a litany of benefits the project will bring and pressing federal officials to lift a 12-month-and-counting pause on development. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less Photographed on Friday, March 25, 2022, in Houston. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 7 of7ĭowntown portions of the Interstate 45 rebuild will cost an additional $750 million, officials now say, as delays and price increases hike the current estimates. ![]() Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 6 of7ĭowntown portions of the Interstate 45 rebuild will cost an additional $750 million, officials now say, as delays and price increases hike the current estimates. The Texas Department of Transportation's plans to expand Interstate 45 between downtown and Greenspoint would close Polk Street along with negatively impacting communities north of downtown, activists say. Emmanuel Street just east of downtown Houston, Thursday, Sept. Volunteers with the organization Stop TXDOT walk with signs across the crosswalk during a demonstration at the intersection of Polk Street and St. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 5 of7 Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 4 of7ĭowntown portions of the Interstate 45 rebuild will cost an additional $750 million, officials now say, as delays and price increases hike the current estimates. Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 3 of7ĭesiree Alejandro holds up a sign urging people to "Stop TXDOT" while crossing a crosswalk during a demonstration at the intersection of Polk Street and St. ![]() Clayton Homes would be demolished if current plans for redevelopment of Interstate 45 proceeds as planned. Interstate 69 crosses Buffalo Bayou northeast of downtown next to the Clayton Homes, a Houston Housing Authority complex in Houston, Wednesday, June 12, 2019. Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer Show More Show Less 2 of7 People hold up a sign reading "NO I-45" during a demonstration at the intersection of Polk Street and St.
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