{"id":416985,"date":"2026-08-26T06:50:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T06:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/416985\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T06:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T06:50:17","slug":"txdot-approves-construction-projects-across-railroads-crossings-in-houston-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/416985\/","title":{"rendered":"TxDOT approves construction projects across railroads crossings in Houston area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pooja Lodhia Image\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/15664051_KTRK-Pooja-Lodhia-Bio-2025-IMG.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, August 26, 2026 2:17AM<\/p>\n<p>Officials say they&#8217;re still working out construction plans and timelines, but they will build some underpass or overpass for trains to use.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas  (KTRK) &#8212; Big changes could be coming to railroad crossings near you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">It&#8217;s part of a nearly $1 billion safety project, which TxDOT has approved 12 railroad crossing projects across the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In our area, there are three in Fort Bend County, and one in Harris County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Officials say they&#8217;re still working out construction plans and timelines, but they will build some underpass or overpass for trains to use.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">That being said, there is $756 million coming from a federal grant. But much of the rest comes from a state law passed after Milby High School student Sergio Rodriguez died in 2024 while crossing a train track in east Houston.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">While some safety measures, including a new sidewalk, have already been put in place at those tracks, a planned pedestrian bridge has not yet been completed.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wednesday, August 26, 2026 2:17AM Officials say they&#8217;re still working out construction plans and timelines, but they will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[145304,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-416985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-145304","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}