Bandera Electric Cooperative has become the latest organization to formally urge the Texas Department of Transportation to accelerate planned safety improvements along State Highway 46 West, adding its voice to a growing coalition of local governments, schools and community organizations seeking faster action on the project.

The cooperative's board of directors unanimously adopted a resolution July 22 supporting the funded safety improvements and calling on TxDOT to move up the project's timeline.

In the resolution, the board notes that the approximately 11-mile corridor between Interstate 10 and State Highway 16 is a primary route for cooperative members traveling daily among Pipe Creek, Lakehills, Bandera, Boerne and San Antonio for work, school and other activities.