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IT'S NOT A SIMPLE PROCESS...YOU DON'T SNAP YOUR FINGURESAND A NEW INTERSTATE POPS UP.DEVELOPERS AND EXPERTS SAYTHERES A LONG ROAD AHE TOADEVEN GET THE PROJECT INMOTION.

PKG ((NATS: CARS))IT'S WHEELS IN MOTION FORTRAVELERS... ((NATS: CARS))AND LAWMAKERS... ((NS:ATGAVEL)) THE BI-PARTISIAN I-14EXPANSION PROJECT COULD BEUNDERWAY VERY SOON... BUTEVENTHOUGH DECISIONS ARE BEINGMADE ON CAPITOL HILL... WEWON'T SEE PROGRESS HERE INCENTRAL TEXAS FOR QUITE SOMETIME... --LARRY MEYERS, I-14COALITION-- "THIS IS JUST THEFIRST STEP." ((NATS: WOOSH))LARRY MEYERS WITH THE I-14COALITION SAYS THE 15 YEARLONG PROJECT WILL CONNTECSMALL COMMUNITIES IN WESTTEXAS ALL THE WAY TO GEORGIA."SO IT'S A PRETTY AMBITIOUSTRANSPORTATION, BUT TEXAS HASALWAYS BEEN BIG ON THAT, ANDLEG.

HAS BEEN PRETTY GENEROUSFOR HIGHWAYS." AND IT'S THEFIRST OF ITS KIND IN A LONGTIME.

((NATS: TV STATIC))((NATS: 50'S VIDEO/MUSIC))"UNFORTUNARLY THE INTERSTATESYSTEM WAS COMPLETED IN 1956AND PEOPLE ASSOCIATE THAT WITHTHE EISENHOWERADMINISTRATION."------EISENHOWER BITE------"WITH ANY PROJECTHT ERE AREMULTIPLE AND NUMEROUS STEPSTHAT GO INTO PLANNING THESEPROJECTS." JAKE SMITH WITHTXDOT SAYS IT CAN INCLUDEDESIGN ALL THE WAY TO FUNDINGAND HOW IT WAS IMPACT THEAREA.

-JAKE SMITH, TXDOT--"THE PROCESS IS THOROUGH ANDRIGID AND THAT'S BETTERMENT OFTHE STATE AND TAX YEPAMONEY." ((NATS: MONEY CHCHING)) AND WHILE WE'RE STUCKLAT A RED LIGHT ON MOVINGFORWARD WE PROCEED WITCAUTION WATING FOR THE GREENLIGHT... ((NATS: CS)ARBECAUSE IT'S A LONG ROAD..."((NATS: CARS)) AUSTIN THECOMMISSION SAYS WHILE IT ILLTAKE TIME, THE BENEFITS TO THEKILLEEN AREA ARE WELL WOHRTTHE WAIT.

IN KILLEEN AUSTINWALKER 25 NEWS.AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE --