March 31, 2016
A Texas federal court on Wednesday dismissed the remaining portion of a suit challenging a Houston-area highway project, finding that local residents failed to show how the project might harm them or that the Federal Highway Administration needs to further assess the environmental impact.
March 10, 2015
A Texas federal judge on Monday dismissed several claims against federal and Texas transportation agencies from a group of Houston-area residents challenging a local highway project, saying they were either irrelevant or vague, while leaving one additional claim over a faulty environmental impact study to address later this month.
March 01, 2012
A Texas federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a portion of a suit by a group of Houston residents alleging that a U.S. Department of Transportation agency improperly approved a local highway expansion plan, ruling the plaintiffs' claims were "repetitive, rambling and difficult to understand."
March 08, 2011
A group of Houston-area residents sued the Federal Highway Administration for approving a highway expansion plan that they say will increase noise to levels above those allowed by federal regulations.