{"id":430027,"date":"2026-09-08T23:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T23:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/430027\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T23:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T23:06:08","slug":"txdot-hosts-sh-361-safety-conversation-on-the-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/430027\/","title":{"rendered":"TxDOT hosts SH 361 safety conversation on the island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 The Texas Department of Transportation is inviting residents, businesses, commuters and visitors to share their thoughts on safety along the SH 361 corridor at a community open house later this month.<\/p>\n<p>The SH 361 Corridor Safety Conversation will be held Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Island in the Son United Methodist Church, 10650 SH 361, Corpus Christi, Texas 78418.<\/p>\n<p>The event will follow a come-and-go open house format, allowing attendees to stop by at their convenience, speak directly with TxDOT staff, review ongoing safety efforts and share feedback. No formal presentation will be given.<\/p>\n<p>TxDOT said community input will help shape both near-term and long-term strategies aimed at improving safety along the corridor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know the people who use SH 361 every day have valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities along the corridor,&#8221; TxDOT officials said. &#8220;This conversation is an opportunity to listen, share what we&#8217;ve learned so far, and work together toward safer travel for everyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about current and future safety initiatives and discuss concerns directly with TxDOT representatives.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who travels SH 361, lives nearby, owns a business in the area or uses the corridor occasionally is encouraged to attend.<\/p>\n<p>If you can not attend you are asked to send your suggestions to SH361_Safety@txdot.gov<\/p>\n<p>This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. Our editorial team verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest local news updates, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kristv.com\/news\/local-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">click here<\/a>, or download the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kristv.com\/about-us\/kris-6-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">KRIS 6 News App. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Catch all the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/KRIS6News\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">KRIS 6 News stories and more on our YouTube page<\/a>. Subscribe today!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 The Texas Department of Transportation is inviting residents, businesses, commuters and visitors to share&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430028,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,149322,157,156,66522,9844,149323,9237,271],"class_list":["post-430027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-community","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news","tag-highway-361","tag-safety-concerns","tag-sh-361-corridor-safety-conversation","tag-texas-department-of-transportation","tag-txdot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430027","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=430027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430027\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}