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Regional business booms bring prosperity and problems: more jobs mean more people, and more people mean more congested-related issues. With a 2020 population of 129,928, Odessa’s population has increased by 30.1 percent since 2010 when its population was 99,940. Meanwhile, Midland’s 2020 population of 153,768 represents a 38.5 percent increase over the 2010 population of 111,147. This rapid growth is cause for merging and queuing issues in the area, according to Gene Powell, public information officer of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). To help improve traffic flow, a three-part project, launched in mid-October, will relocate ramps, add auxiliary lanes and
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rehabilitate some roadway on Highway 191 and West Loop 250 in Midland. “This area has some of the highest traffic counts in the 12county Odessa District,” noted Powell. Funding for the project came from the Permian Basin Metropolitan Planning Organization, which committed $16.25 million in TxDOT funds, while the Midland Development Corporation donated $2 million. The latter helped to prioritize the project,” he said, adding that “the project won’t be the final one at this location.” Construction Work Serving as the general contractor is Jones Brothers Dirt & Paving, of Odessa, Texas, where Mike McAnally, former
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Odessa district engineer at TxDOT, serves as the project engineer. According to McAnally, when completed in May of 2023, the project will have addressed myriad merging conflicts at various ramps, intersection and business entrances. In addition to being the low-bid contractor, “Jones Brothers is very aware of the challenges and traffic patterns and they have been helpful in communicating with local business in advance of the project’s start,” Powell said. “The two major interchanges at Highways 191 and 158, and Highway 191 and West Loop 250, are the most heavilytrafficked thoroughfares in Midland, with commuter traffic to and from Odessa, and populated with major retailers such see RAMP page 10
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