“With ports in Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange and Sabine Pass, Interstate 10, highways US 90, US 69, US-96 and US 287, state highways Texas 73, Texas 87 and Texas 105 and several farm-to-market roads, Jefferson County experiences a large volume of commercial truck traffic daily.

…. Driving on deteriorated roads costs Texas motorists $17.8 billion a year — $948 per motorist — in the form of additional repairs, accelerated vehicle depreciation, and increased fuel consumption and tire wear.”

Read more in The Beaumont Enterprise here+