More than two days after the ice melted last week, miles of highway lanes across North Texas were still closed, part of a winter weather highway management decision tied to the 133-vehicle accident in 2021 in Fort Worth.
Rather than treat and maintain managed toll lanes on highways during winter storms, TxDOT and the private companies that manage TEXpress lanes haveThey can stay closed long after any winter precipitation is gone. While the sun was out and traffic was back across the area by Friday last week, according to TxDOT some lanes were still closed to the public until early Monday morning.
That crash killed six people, and lawsuits from the families of the victims and those injured are pending, as is a final report from the NTSB, whichTxDOT's statement said the closure is so crews can focus on clearing the main lanes. Because the lanes weren't maintained for days, the agency said it takes time to clear and inspect them before they could safely reopen.
The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, which oversees roads in the Austin area, said police in two cities closed sections on two of their highways. Maintenance crews broke up the ice and reopened them by Thursday afternoon.
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