The Texas Department of Transportation will hold several local meetings early next year to offer answers on the proposed Trans-Texas Corridor.

In 2007 TxDOT released a tentative outline for the cross-country Interstate 69, which is currently planned to come through Texarkana. The highway would be a straight shot from Canada, through the United States and into Mexico.

TxDOT will hold nearly a dozen “town hall” meetings and 46 public hearings to encourage public input and address concerns.

“We want to hear the public’s ideas and we want to answer their questio...

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