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AUSTIN - The Texas Transportation Commission has approved $165,000 in improvements to Rockwall Municipal Airport, one of roughly 275 community airports in Texas eligible for funding.

GREENVILLE - Officials with the city, TxDot and Hunt County will host the open house session, scheduled for Thursday at 5 p.m. at the Fletcher Warren Civic Center.

WEST TAWAKONI - With a surface area of 37,879 acres, Lake Tawakoni covers a vast area of East Texas, including three counties. Now, drivers who frequent the longest of the lakes' two bridges can look forward to some relief while crossing.

HUNT COUNTY - Highways in Commerce and Quinlan are the objects of a $2.6 million contract scheduled to begin this week.

HUNT COUNTY - The Texas Department of Transportation has announced the schedule for its 2012 summer asphalt program, which applies seal coat to area roadways each year.

COOPER - As part of a $769,000 project, officials are performing resurfacing work in Cooper and later in Mount Vernon as part of a contract between TxDot and Richard Drake Construction.

SULPHUR SPRINGS - Motorists who frequent the Highway 11 Loop south of Sulphur Springs will soon experience a stop light along the roadway in an effort to improve safety.

TxDOT is changing speed limit signs on parts of Interstates throughout Texas today.

By June 9, the sightline along Northeast Texans roadways will be a little clearer, as campaign signs are to be removed by candidates who were seeking office in Tuesday’s primary.

EMORY - The Texas Department of Transportation is reminding motorists to be vigilant on the roadways as part of Work Zone Awareness Week.

AUSTIN - A general aviation airport in East Texas won top honors recently for structural and aesthetic improvements that eventually turned a financial liability into an economic asset for the community and the region.

The Texas Department of Transportation has entered into an agreement with a Clarksville contractor to resurface a section of U.S. Highway 69 in Rains County.

QUINLAN - Two Texas Department of Transportation employees are being credited with the rescue of three women who became trapped in their car amidst rising flood waters.

HUNT COUNTY - A relatively dry and sunny day throughout Northeast Texas has allowed some flooded roadways to dry out and open back up to motorists.

DALLAS - Amtrak and Texas transportation officials are studying starting passenger rail service from Dallas-Fort Worth to Shreveport, La, which would bring more stops locally.