Community divided on proposed highway 79 widening project in Leon County
JEWETT, Texas (KBTX) -Residents and business owners in Leon County have mixed feeling about a highway project that would widen a 10-mile stretch of US 79 between Buffalo and Jewett. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) says the project is needed to enhance safety and improve mobility along the US 79 corridor, and hurricane evacuation…