Texas DOT plan aims to reshape 25 year transport funding
MOTRAN leaders warn that state funding favors counties with small populations while West Texas communities like Odessa and Midland lose out. Officials predict shift in political power toward East Texas as population grows. MPO notes limited state funds, federal stimulus unlikely to recur, and calls for multi modal transport as oil prices rise. The net cites TxDot stats on roadways bridges and the big airport system to frame the plan.
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Odessa area community brief highlights and events
A glance at local happenings lists a school supply drive at H E B Odessa by Odessa College Leadership Institute and Communities in Schools, a noon Optimist Club meeting at Joe Zant Community Room, and Whataburger blood donation drives in Odessa and Midland with hourly details, donor incentives, and a weekly prize drawing.
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OC board reviews campus improvements plan at tour
Vice President Virginia Chisum leads a campus review to align with a 20 year plan. Trustees view aging facilities and imagine a student services center and clearer campus entrance, with departments closer together and a running path through OC.
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