Area cities aim to manage rising road construction costs

When Gary Hudder began his job as the transportation director for the city of Round Rock in 2011, a new traffic signal typically cost about $250,000 to install. In 2016, that cost has ballooned to $400,000, he said. “We all know what’s going on with growth,” Hudder said. “We know about the [low] unemployment rate in Central Texas, and all those things drive up the costs, obviously, so new road construction right now is really, really expensive, and it’s changing almost day to day.” According to the Texas Department of Transportation’s Highway Cost Index, or HCI, which tracks the cost […]

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