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After three years, millions of dollars and a tongue-in-cheek Twitter account later, the construction on MoPac is finally complete—or so the Texas Department of Transportation says.
TxDot held a virtual ribbon-cutting ceremony today to celebrate the completion of MoPac expressway's intersection project. The project, which started in January 2018, was completed this month, before the expected "early 2021" deadline. It cost a total of $53.5 million.
The project included construction of underpasses at La Crosse Avenue and Slaughter Lane; extending MoPac main lanes below the street level, a diverging diamond intersection at Slaughter Lane; and adding a shared-use lane for bikes and pedestrians.
Although the city is calling the project complete, one Twitter account, in particular, is not so certain.
Evil MoPac, a faceless active Twitter user showed photos of an expressway that fails to look free of construction with traffic barrels, construction workers and tractors.
"Rush hour is officially complete" https://t.co/ziqMrEVa8U— Evil MoPac (@Evil MoPac)1608138809.0
The account provided a list of issues yet to be fixed.
I'm happy to report that the MoPac Intersections Project is NOT complete 1. Still barrels up 2. Still "workers" pr… https://t.co/sDYchU2EuY— Evil MoPac (@Evil MoPac)1608133017.0
While the construction is coming to an end, fear not, it's only a matter of time until I-35 is due for a makeover.
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The Texas Department of State Health Services will allocate 332,750 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to 212 providers this week, with the bulk assigned to hub providers that are focused on widespread community distribution events. Six of those providers are in Travis County.
With the latest allocation of 16,450 sent to Travis County this week, the county will have received 104,275 doses of the vaccine. Local public health officials estimate that there are 285,000 area residents who fall in the 1A and 1B priority groups, meaning that around 37% of them should have access to doses seven weeks into the rollout process.
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The California exodus has made headlines for several years now, and even more recently, with thousands of West Coasters seeking tax relief, less-expensive real estate and a simpler lifestyle in Texas' capital city.
However, a California man's scathing review of Austin, which was published in Business Insider on Wednesday, reveals that some are less than satisfied with their move.
Austin may soon be home to a tech plant that would dwarf the Tesla Gigafactory in both investment and job creation.
Samsung Electronics Co. is considering starting construction on a $10 billion memory chip plant in Austin as soon as this year, Bloomberg reported Friday.
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