Working Hard for Brazos County
Working Hard for Brazos County
Economic Development through Better and Safer Roads
Chet Edwards believes it is important for Brazos County residents to see some of their hard-earned tax money come back home to help state and local government keep up with the explosive population growth in Brazos County.
These investments mean increased economic development and safer roads for Brazos County families.
In 2005, Chet secured over $17 million in transportation funds for Brazos County:
- $2 million to widen the Old Reliance Road Overpass at SH6 (Earl Rudder Freeway) to accommodate traffic from the new Bryan High School location on Old Reliance Road.
- $2.4 million to construct an overpass at the Barron Rd. & SH 6 Interchange, which will provide congestion relief on Hwy. 6 and improve safety.
- $3.4 million for the widening of FM 60 (University Drive) from SH6 to FM 158, significantly improving regional mobility.
- $3 million for the Brazos Transit District/Bryan Inter-modal Transit Terminal and Parking Facility.
- $2 million to make Highway 6 a four-lane freeway with frontage roads from north of Peach Creek to the Navasota River.
Editorial: Glad 17th District remains unchanged
June 29, 2006
Editorial: Glad 17th District remains unchanged
Bryan-College Station Eagle
Eagle Editorial |
No doubt most Texans greeted Wednesday's redistricting ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court with a sigh of relief. While we might question the ruling that Legislatures are free to redistrict any time they wish, at least most of us won't have to deal with the mess of changing district boundary lines this close to the Nov. 7 general election. Such changes required by the high court will be a nightmare for the counties that were ordered by the court to redistrict to reflect minority representation.
We are particularly glad because we like the 17th Congressional District we were put in by the Legislature two years ago. While it would be nice if Bryan and College Station were at the center of a district, we share much in common with the rest of the 17th District as drawn. The two population centers - Bryan-College Station and Waco - both are somewhat comparable in size and both have major universities and active junior colleges. We share a Central Texas common bond that was lacking for the two years we were in John Carter's 31st Congressional District based in the suburbs north of Austin.
In addition, we have been served well by U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, who is a frequent visitor to Brazos County and has championed everything from research at Texas A&M to badly needed highway improvements.
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