Eagle Ford Shale Highway Safety Forum Held in Cotulla
A.D. Ibarra
-Cotulla, TX
The Texas Department of Transportation held a very important Public Safety Forum in Cotulla, Texas this past week in order to reduce accidents in the Eagle Ford Shale region.
The forum convened about 200 local leaders, sheriffs, public works administrators, members of the Middle Rio Grande Development Council and public security authorities of Texas, Texas transportation, oil company representatives and other public officials were also present along with Maverick County Sheriff Tom Schmerber.
TxDoT stressed the need to improve the roads that are experiencing increased wear to traffic by the presence of oil companies working in the Eagle Ford Shale project.
The state agency has already canceled the project of turning the roads to gravel roads and proposed to work together with the major oil companies to invest in improving the roads, which includes adding lanes and paving unpaved roads in key areas.