![The Lubbock City Council Wants an Extension to Interstate 27](https://townsquare.media/site/437/files/2012/06/86493364.jpg?w=980&q=75)
The Lubbock City Council Wants an Extension to Interstate 27
At Tuesday's regularly scheduled meeting, the Lubbock City Council considered a resolution that asks the U.S. Congress and the Texas Department of Transportation to consider extending Interstate 27 further south.
According to the resolution, Texas does not have a major north-south interstate west of I-35. The resolution notes an assessment made by TxDOT in 2015, which estimated that extending I-27 inside the Ports-to-Plains Corridor, which begins in Colorado and ends at the southern U.S. Mexico border in Texas, could cost around $7 billion dollars.
Right now, I-27 runs only between Lubbock and Amarillo. The City Council’s resolution proposes that I-27 be extended potentially as far south as Laredo, Texas, and claims it would cost only $5.2 billion dollars. The I-27 extension would intersect with I-40, I-20, and I-10, and serve three border crossings with Mexico.
More From News/Talk 95.1 & 790 KFYO
![Lubbock City Council To Reverse Decision on First Friday Art Trail?](http://townsquare.media/site/192/files/2024/07/attachment-FFATFunding1.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Lubbock City Council Strips Funding For First Friday Art Trail Over Drag Show Event](http://townsquare.media/site/192/files/2024/07/attachment-FFATFunding.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Does This Texas City Have The Solution For Lubbock’s City Pool Issue?](http://townsquare.media/site/192/files/2024/07/attachment-MidlandLBKPool.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Mark McBrayer Elected Mayor of Lubbock](http://townsquare.media/site/192/files/2024/06/attachment-McBrayersWins.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Listen To The Lubbock Mayoral Debate Between Steve Massengale and Mark McBrayer](http://townsquare.media/site/192/files/2024/06/attachment-DebateAudio.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Early Voting Starts Today For The Lubbock City Council Runoffs & Area Elections](http://townsquare.media/site/192/files/2024/04/attachment-Untitled-design-6.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![KFYO To Host Lubbock Mayoral Debate June 1st](http://townsquare.media/site/192/files/2024/05/attachment-MassengaleMcBrayerDebate.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Massive Change Comes To The Lubbock City Council With More To Come](http://townsquare.media/site/192/files/2024/02/attachment-thumbnail_IMG_4339.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Election Day for Local Elections Is Today, Polls Close at 7](http://townsquare.media/site/192/files/2024/05/attachment-ElectionDay.jpg?w=980&q=75)