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Briscoe creates new Texas Highways and Public Transportation Dept
Governor Dolph Briscoe signed SB 761 and SB 762 creating a unified State Department of Highways and Public Transportation. The new agency absorbs the Texas Highway Department and the Texas Mass Transit Commission with a $1 million startup fund and $15 million annually for two years. Public transportation, streets, and highways will be coordinated under Engineer-Director Luther DeBerry. Houston cited growth and mobility needs as driving factors.
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Dolph Briscoe
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Texas Highway Department
Texas Mass Transit Commission
Senate
Reagan Houston
State Highway and Public Transportation Commission
State Highway Department
Mass Transportation Commission
Highway Department
Mass Transit Commission
Payton McKnight
Tyler
Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Kent Hance
Lubbock
Texas
Austin
Charles E. Simons
Dallas
Luther DeBerry
DeBerry