Texas’ Transportation Commission approved the state’s 2017 Unified Transportation Plan on Aug. 25. The $70 billion, 10-year plan is the largest in the agency’s history, more than twice the size of the $33 billion, 10-year plan released just last year. 

WASHINGTON — Texas Trucking Association members blitzed Capitol Hill, visiting 36 House offices and two on the Senate side in a single day in an effort to educate lawmakers on critical industry issues.

The Texas Department of Transportation said it will hold 10 listening sessions around the state this month to help it identify freight-related issues to enhance the state’s economic competitiveness.

Texas-based trucking companies expect to see faster sales growth at the start of 2013 but generally plan to be more conservative in their expenditures this year, according to a new study by the Texas Trucking Alliance.

The road with the nation’s fastest speed limit — 85 mph — opens Wednesday, a 41-mile stretch of a new toll road in Texas, the Associated Press reported.