TXDOT Construction Project Update

El Paso District Current Construction Projects Connecting You To Texas November November 10,10, 2020 2020

I-10 Connect Project This project ▪ Adds connectivity ▪ Eases Congestion ▪ Improve queuing at BOTA ▪ Maximizes existing assets ▪ Improves environmental impacts Cost: $96 Million Let Date: November 2018, in FY 2019 Construction Start Date: February 2019

Duration: 2.5 - 3 years Estimated Completion Date: Fall 2021

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I-110 and US-62 Interchange before Demolition

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I-110 & US 62 Interchange Paisano Drive Final Design

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I-10 Connect construction images

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Montana Avenue (US 62) Widening N

Global Reach to 0.5 miles west of Zaragoza Project will consist of

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▪ 3 lane frontage roads from Global Reach to Tierra Este ▪ 6 Express Lanes ▪ New interchanges at Lee Trevino, Wooster, and George Dieter, Saul Kleinfeld and Loop 375 Cost: $144 Million Let Date: October 2018, FY 2019 Construction Start Date: Spring 2019 Estimated Completion Date: Winter 2022

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Traffic Impacts ▪ December: traffic switch as westbound traffic moves to new westbound frontage roads from George Dieter to just west of Yarbrough ▪ After the holidays, former westbound lanes will be work zone for new mainlanes

Hike and bike already has trees planted, and they’re starting ground cover operations. Will open to the public with traffic switch.

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LP 375 Frontage Roads and Ramps Project Loop 375 frontage road and ramp from I-10 to Zaragoza Port of Entry This project ▪ Extends southbound frontage roads

▪ Reverses at-grade ramps ▪ Adds bridge over railroad line and canal, providing connectivity between North Loop and Alameda on frontage roads, reducing congestion on the mainlanes.

Construction Cost : $32.6 Million Let Date: October 2018

Est. Completion Date: Spring 2021 November 10, 2020

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Loop 375 Main Lane Widening, I-10 to Zaragoza Loop 375 widening from 4 to 6 lanes from Bob Hope to Zaragoza Road (FM 659) This project ▪ Adds capacity (includes bridge widening) ▪ Adds braided ramps ▪ Adds northbound frontage roads ▪ Adds high mast lighting throughout the project limits.

Construction Cost : $75.4 Million Est. Start Date: Spring 2021

Est. Construction Time: 3.5 years

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Zaragoza/Montwood Intersection The project constructs a 4-lane roadway section, (2-lanes in each direction) to connect Zaragoza Road west of Loop 375 to Zaragoza east of Loop 375.

Cost: $12.9 Million Construction Start Date: January 2019 Estimated Completion Date: Spring 2021

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Transmountain Road Rehabilitation This Mill and Inlay project will • Address pavement failure caused by GO10 detours • Install cable barrier along the median • Replacing metal beam guard fence Est completion date: End of 2021 Cost: $13.8 million

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Transmountain Project broken up into 2 Phases, 6 different stages Each phase is a different direction, each stage is roughly two miles long As of now, two stages are complete on the east side, one on the west side of the project

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Mill and Inlay Projects I-10 from McRae to Lomaland Eastbound complete, suspending time until Spring $8.7 million Start Date: August, 2020 Est. Completion Date: Summer 2021 Upgrading high mast illumination Adding ornamental pedestrian fencing US-54 McCombs to State Line Start Date: August, 2020 $7 million

Est. Completion Date: end of 2020

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North Mesa Rehabilitation Project c'J

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Northbound and Southbound from Sunland Park Drive to Glory Road

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MESA HILLS

Let Date: November 2019 Cost: $11.5 million Expected Duration: 1.5 years MISSION HILLS NORTH

Mesa was originally constructed in 1924, used as a detour during GO10.

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Recent Image of Mesa Rehabilitation

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End the Streak, Road to Zero funding of almost $40 million Sidewalks and Illumination - installing safety lighting on medians and sidewalks, pedestrian rail along raised medians to prevent mid-block crossing in a heavy downtown pedestrian corridor in various locations Wrong Way Driver System - on Loop 375 to help prevent head-on crashes LED Wrong Way Signs, RVSD (Radar Vehicle Sensing Device), Infrared Camera detectors, Color Dynamic Message Signs & ITS Wrong Way Detection Processor System.

Median Concrete Barrier on Montana to help prevent drivers from running off the road.

Ramp Modifications - modifying existing ramp configuration, signing, and pavement markings on US54 Ramps (MLK Blvd to Sean Haggerty) to help prevent rear end crashes. Crews will relocate existing off ramp.

Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons and Rail - pedestrian improvements by UTEP, installation of Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons and Rail on North Mesa Street from Baltimore Drive to River Ave. and installation of Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons on Dyer from Harrison Ave. to Flory Ave. Concrete Traffic Barrier Concrete traffic barrier will replace outdated rail barrier on I-10 from Executive to near University.

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