TxDOT to conduct annual traffic counts

  • The Texas Department of Transportation’s Brownwood District — which includes Lampasas County — will start its annual traffic data collection effort on Monday. Short-term counts will take place along selected highways and roadways. FILE PHOTO
    The Texas Department of Transportation’s Brownwood District — which includes Lampasas County — will start its annual traffic data collection effort on Monday. Short-term counts will take place along selected highways and roadways. FILE PHOTO

    From Nov. 29 through Dec. 9, the Texas Department of Transportation will collect data in many locations throughout the nine-county Brownwood District, which includes Lampasas County.

    TxDOT’s Transportation Planning and Programming Division conducts an average of 80,000 short-term traffic counts throughout the state on an annual basis. This is achieved by contractor personnel’s collection of 24-hour…