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Transportation
As your representative in Congress, one of my foremost duties is to help ensure that South Texas receives our fair share of federal funding.
As you may know, every five years Congress passes a major transportation bill to fund national priorities such as highways, mass transit, and infrastructure repairs. These funds may be disbursed in either of two ways: through block funding to government agencies or through direct funding of specific projects.
Each method serves an important purpose. Money provided to agencies accounts for approximately 99% of discretionary federal spending, and it provides for the day-to-day financing of most federal activities. The remaining 1% is directed by lawmakers to specific projects, a practice that dates back for centuries and that allows Members of Congress – who are directly accountable to local voters – to give their communities a voice in federal spending.
Below you will find a list of the projects that I have requested be given priority in the upcoming transportation bill. These requests were submitted to me by local governments across the Texas 28th District and are now pending before the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, which will decide which projects to include in the final transportation bill.
Thank you for taking the time to learn more about our district’s requests for federal funding. I appreciate your participation in the legislative process.
- Atascosa County – Rehabilitation to FM 2054 from SH 173 to FM 476
- Bexar County – VIA Bus Fleet Modernization
- Bexar County – VIA Bus Maintenance
- Bexar County – VIA Bus Rapid Transit
- Bexar County – Inter-City Light Rail
- Frio County – Roadway widening on FM 140
- Guadalupe County – Roadway repairs on FM 20
- Hidalgo County – Roadway widening on FM 676
- Hidalgo County – Roadway construction on FM 396
- Hidalgo County – Hike and bike trails
- Jim Hogg County – Installation of pavement stripes and markers on SH 16
- Jim Hogg County – Development and construction of hike and bike trails
- LaSalle County – Roadway repairs on SH 97
- McMullen County – Roadway repairs on FM 624
- Starr County – Roadway construction on FM 755
- Wilson County – Roadway repairs on SH 123
- Zapata County – Work on US 83
- Zapata County – Boat Ramp Phase II
- Webb County – San Bernardo renovation and expansion
- Webb County – Chacon Creek hike and bike project
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