Building a foundation for the future
17 Jul 2025
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You've probably thought it when you've been stuck in traffic or seen road issues on your way home from work or school, “Why haven’t they done something about it?”
Most likely there are already plans in place to improve safety and connectivity wherever you live. Those plans are laid out in a sort of blueprint for the future in what’s called the Unified Transportation Program (UTP).
“The more orange cones that are out there, the more progress that we're making towards improving the safety, reliability and efficiency of our transportation network,” said Humberto “Tito” Gonzalez, Jr., TxDOT’s director of the Transportation Planning and Programing Division that works on the UTP.
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