Suit opposing I-35 expansion has been dropped

As KUT’s Nathan Bernier reported Tuesday on Twitter, the legal challenge to the expansion of Interstate 35 has been dismissed with prejudice by U.S. District Judge David Ezra. The suit, which maintained that the plan to expand the highway intentionally avoided federal environmental review, was filed against the Texas Department of Transportation by Rethink35, TxPIRG and Environment Texas and dismissed at the request of all parties. By way of a response, Rethink35 tweeted on Tuesday: “We’ll share more soon but, in short, (we’ve) dropped our lawsuit against TxDOT to focus on other legal strategies around I-35. We don’t have the funds to fight multiple legal battles at once and we had to prioritize. It was a hard decision but more exciting fights are coming soon!”