Chet Edwards For Congress

Working Hard for Waco & McLennan County

Economic Development through Better and Safer Roads

• Chet secured $294,000 for upgrades to Memorial Drive through Beverly Hills for upgrades and redesigns from the Waco VA Hospital to Valley Mills Dr.




• Chet secured $2.4 million to expand Ritchie Road from Hewitt Drive (FM 1695) to US 84 in Waco. These funds will construct a four lane urban roadway, along with reconstructing a bridge over the railroad on Ritchie Road. The expansion of Ritchie Road will serve a rapidly growing residential area and aid in relieving increasing traffic congestion along Hewitt Drive while improving safety in the area.




• Chet secured $1.6 million to widen FM 1637 from FM 3051 (Waco) to FM 185 (China Spring). This project will widen the four lane urban divided roadway on FM 1637 to serve the rapidly growing residential and retail development by enhancing safety, increasing mobility, and relieving congestion.




• Chet secured $1.6 million to construct Loop 574 from BU77 to I-35 in McLennan County. The funds will construct the last segment of a four lane roadway necessary to create Business Highway 6 which will provide improved access from southeastern McLennan County to Downtown Waco, Cameron Park and Zoo, Waco Regional Airport, and the southeastern portion of the Brazos River corridor.




• Chet secured $4 million for the City of Waco to replace aging transit vehicles. Due to increases in ridership over the last six years, the current buses will not meet the demand for the services they provide. These funds will go to replace 13 buses and purchase five additional new buses. The funds replace aging transit vehicles with alternative fuel buses the city will be better prepared to meet state and federal clean air requirements.