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TIP revision adds the Loop 335/I-27 interchange Phase II projects and sidewalk and transit-stop projects
At the same meeting, a revision to the FY 2025-2028 TIP (November 2024 revision cycle) added four TxDOT-sponsored Loop 335/I-27 interchange Phase II projects in FY 2028, totaling about $238.3 million in construction with no local share. It also added grouped bicycle, pedestrian and transit-stop projects, including four sponsored by the City of Amarillo, which carry $350,421 in local contributions. Three Loop 335 freeway projects were listed for information only in a new appendix of projects undergoing environmental review, with no costs shown.[1][2]
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The October 17, 2024 revision lists four TxDOT-sponsored Loop 335/I-27 Interchange Phase II construction projects as "Add Project" in FY 2028. On the project sheets (revision date 11/2024) the funding totals are $163,127,300 for the two direct connector ramps (A25003-000), $29,113,323 for the third-level bridge segment from I-27 to Bell Street (A25002-001), $27,518,878 for the segment from east of Coulter to I-27 (A25002-000) and $18,572,730 for the I-27 frontage road rehabilitation (A25004-000). That totals $238,332,231 (computed), with $0 local. The sheets' header "YOE cost" boxes differ from these totals by one or two dollars. [1]
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- $238,332,231
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The revision also added grouped projects sponsored by the City of Amarillo, each with a local contribution (LC): Business I-40 safety improvements at Amarillo Boulevard and Hughes (A25122-000, FY 2027, Category 7) $722,470 with $144,494 LC; Georgia Street multimodal lanes and crossings (A25092-000, FY 2028, Category 9) $200,517 with $40,103 LC; N. Travis Street sidewalks, Amarillo Boulevard to 18th (A25091-000, FY 2028, Category 7) $627,750 with $125,550 LC; and Amarillo City Transit shelters and bike racks (A25093-000, FY 2028, Category 9) $201,369 with $40,274 LC. Together the four total $1,752,106, with $350,421 in City local contributions (computed). [1]
- Total
- $1,752,106
- City local contribution
- $350,421
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TxDOT-sponsored pedestrian projects in Amarillo added in the same revision include Business I-40 from SW 9th Avenue to N. Hughes (A25121-000, FY 2026, Category 7) at $10,189,593 and Business I-40 from N. Hughes to Buchanan (A25120-000, FY 2028) at $2,826,918, both with no local share. W. 3rd Avenue sidewalks, from McMasters to S. Adams (A25090-000, FY 2027, Category 9), is listed at $1,476,462, of which $246,077 is a local contribution; the sheet does not name the contributing entity. [1]
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A new Appendix D, "Illustrative Listing of Projects (Projects undergoing Environmental Review)," lists three Loop 335 projects without costs: C-2 from FM 1719 to US 87 and from US 87 to Echo Street (conversion to a four-lane freeway with a third-level interchange at US 87), and D from Echo Street to SE 3rd Avenue. [1]
