Texas lawmaker files bill to name I-35 after President Donald Trump Proposal would designate portion of interstate in Austin ‘President Donald J. Trump Highway’
TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas – An East Texas lawmaker filed a bill to name Interstate 35 in Travis County to “President Donald J. Trump Highway.”
State Rep. Joanne Shofner, R-Nacogdoches, announced on social media Wednesday she filed House Bill 5503 .
The proposal is still at the very beginning of the legislative process and has not been referred to a committee yet.
The construction and installation of highway markers would be funded by grants or private donations, according to the release, though the bill does not specify where funding would come from.
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