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Fri Nov 27, 2020, 09:01 AM Nov 2020

Trevino: 2nd causeway for SPI is a top legislative priority

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Cameron County Judge Eddie Treviño, Jr., has confirmed that finding the money to build a second causeway to South Padre Island is one of the Rio Grande Valley’s top legislative priorities for the 87th session.

The new session will be gaveled in on Jan. 12, 2020, and in readiness, Valley leaders are honing their legislative agendas.

Supporters of the second causeway project received a boost recently when state Sen. Juan Hinojosa, vice chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance and a member of the Senate Committee on Transportation, said the time is now to find the funding.

“It is most definitely one of our priorities,” Treviño said of the second causeway project, at a recent news conference.

Read more: https://riograndeguardian.com/trevino-2nd-causeway-for-spi-is-a-top-legislative-priority/

Note: Obvious typo in the article. The new session will begin in January 2021.

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