FUNDING DENIED FOR WELLBORN RD./GEORGE BUSH DRIVE PROJECT IN COLLEGE STATION

  

Funding for a major highway project near Texas A&M has been denied by TxDOT.

The Texas Department of Transportation has turned down a funding request for an overpass and underpass at the intersection of George Bush Drive and Wellborn Road.

The project would include a new interchange that would separate traffic from the adjacent train tracks.  It would also include new turn lanes and a bridge over Wellborn Road to avoid traffic signals.

The College Station project is estimated to cost $69 million.

Bryan/College Station Metropolitan Planning Organization Executive Director Dan Rudge says the state felt there was a greater need for their funds to go toward alleviating congestion on I-35 in Austin.

Officials hope to secure enough funding to begin the project by 2026.  Rudge says he believes the work could become a reality by the end of the decade.